Poct blood gases ph pco2 po2 arterial calculated o2 at WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital

501 E. Main St., Waynesboro, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1821091059

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$129.60

Cash price

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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.

$162.00

Gross charge

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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.

$26.07 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $182.38 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $26.07 ↓ -80%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $26.33 ↓ -80%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $26.85 ↓ -79%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $26.85 ↓ -79%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $27.37 ↓ -79%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $27.37 ↓ -79%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $27.49 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $27.50 ↓ -79%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $28.08 ↓ -78%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $28.08 ↓ -78%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $28.16 ↓ -78%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $28.16 ↓ -78%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $28.21 ↓ -78%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $32.59 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $33.43 ↓ -74%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $33.43 ↓ -74%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $33.43 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $37.97 ↓ -71%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $39.89 ↓ -69%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $43.02 ↓ -67%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $45.62 ↓ -65%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $78.21 ↓ -40%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $87.94 ↓ -32%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $87.94 ↓ -32%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $88.64 ↓ -32%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $97.20 ↓ -25%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $100.06 ↓ -23%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $100.06 ↓ -23%
Highmark Performance_Blue $100.06 ↓ -23%
Aetna All_Plans $107.67 ↓ -17%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $112.42 ↓ -13%
Cigna All_Plans $118.73 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $119.88 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $124.66 ↓ -4%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $127.66 ↓ -1%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $145.80 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $153.90 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $182.38 ↑ +41%

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Poct blood gases ph pco2 po2 arterial calculated o2 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $236.40 $25.77 – $315.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $318.00 $9.41 – $477.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $141.60 $13.20 – $200.60
UPMC Cole Coudersport $127.20 $16.95 – $169.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $243.00 $25.81 – $200.60
UPMC East Monroeville $405.00 $25.77 – $540.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $457.80 $25.77 – $52.59
UPMC Northwest Seneca $137.40 $23.64 – $30.75

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