Pq kyphplsty 1 bdy lumb w/img 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

$27,863.20

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.

$34,829.00

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.

$243.81 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $43,981.00 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
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $243.81 ↓ -99%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $509.29 ↓ -98%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $814.80 ↓ -97%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $814.80 ↓ -97%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00 ↓ -97%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00 ↓ -97%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $1,101.92 ↓ -96%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $7,602.36 ↓ -73%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $7,616.50 ↓ -73%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $7,616.50 ↓ -73%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $7,616.50 ↓ -73%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $7,616.50 ↓ -73%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $7,692.67 ↓ -72%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $7,845.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $7,845.00 ↓ -72%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $7,997.33 ↓ -71%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $7,997.33 ↓ -71%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $8,031.60 ↓ -71%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $8,035.41 ↓ -71%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $9,520.63 ↓ -66%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $11,653.25 ↓ -58%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $12,567.23 ↓ -55%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $20,897.40 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $23,405.09 ↓ -16%
Cigna All_Plans $25,526.17 ↓ -8%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $25,691.98 ↓ -8%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $25,691.98 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $25,773.46 ↓ -8%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $25,896.10 ↓ -7%
Cigna PPO_Plan $26,800.92 ↓ -4%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $29,232.13 ↑ +5%
Highmark Performance_Blue $29,232.13 ↑ +5%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $29,232.13 ↑ +5%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $31,346.10 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $33,087.55 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $33,100.00 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $33,226.87 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $43,981.00 ↑ +58%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $43,981.00 ↑ +58%

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Pq kyphplsty 1 bdy lumb w/img at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $18,813.00 $1,016.56 – $26,400.15
UPMC Cole Coudersport $866.40 $400.28 – $9,456.32
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $18,813.00 $1,016.56 – $26,400.15
UPMC East Monroeville $24,137.40 $4,719.92 – $32,183.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $17,721.00 $4,675.40 – $9,905.66
UPMC Hanover Hanover $18,813.00 $1,016.56 – $11,433.07
UPMC Lititz Lititz $18,813.00 $1,016.56 – $11,433.07
UPMC Memorial York $18,813.00 $1,016.56 – $11,433.07

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