MRA aorta thoracic w/wo contrast at WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital
501 E. Main St., Waynesboro, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1821091059
$734.50
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$2,646.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$183.33 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $3,545.11 with Blue_Cross — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $183.33 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $228.18 | ↓ -69% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $230.46 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $235.03 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $235.03 | ↓ -68% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $239.59 | ↓ -67% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $239.59 | ↓ -67% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $240.62 | ↓ -67% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $240.73 | ↓ -67% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $285.23 | ↓ -61% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $349.12 | ↓ -52% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $376.50 | ↓ -49% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $380.06 | ↓ -48% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $380.76 | ↓ -48% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $380.76 | ↓ -48% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $399.32 | ↓ -46% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $442.30 | ↓ -40% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $442.30 | ↓ -40% |
| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $444.41 | ↓ -39% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $526.55 | ↓ -28% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $526.55 | ↓ -28% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $598.16 | ↓ -19% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $752.00 | ↑ +2% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $769.70 | ↑ +5% |
| Highmark | Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO | $769.70 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $775.81 | ↑ +6% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $875.75 | ↑ +19% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $875.75 | ↑ +19% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $875.75 | ↑ +19% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $1,466.71 | ↑ +100% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $1,587.60 | ↑ +116% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $1,703.23 | ↑ +132% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $1,778.11 | ↑ +142% |
| Cigna | PPO_Plan | $1,788.43 | ↑ +143% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $1,958.04 | ↑ +167% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $2,481.57 | ↑ +238% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $2,513.70 | ↑ +242% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $3,545.11 | ↑ +383% |
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MRA aorta thoracic w/wo contrast at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $1,525.80 | $396.26 – $2,034.40 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $191.40 | $63.80 – $2,566.38 |
| UPMC Kane | Kane | $196.20 | $463.36 – $1,279.14 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $6,741.00 | $380.70 – $1,266.89 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $4,528.20 | $463.36 – $1,473.13 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $191.40 | $391.00 – $1,157.96 |
| WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital | Chambersburg | $734.50 | $228.18 – $1,466.71 |
| WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital | Ephrata | $734.50 | $235.78 – $1,466.71 |