Pr incision & drainage abscess vulva/perineal 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

$985.60

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.

$1,232.00

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.

$25.00 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $1,244.74 with Highmark — 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 $25.00 ↓ -97%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $98.50 ↓ -90%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $98.50 ↓ -90%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $98.97 ↓ -90%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $117.26 ↓ -88%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $117.26 ↓ -88%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $117.26 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $133.21 ↓ -86%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $323.72 ↓ -67%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $324.32 ↓ -67%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $324.32 ↓ -67%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $324.32 ↓ -67%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $324.32 ↓ -67%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $327.56 ↓ -67%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $334.05 ↓ -66%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $334.05 ↓ -66%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $340.54 ↓ -65%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $340.54 ↓ -65%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $342.00 ↓ -65%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $342.16 ↓ -65%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $405.40 ↓ -59%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $496.21 ↓ -50%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $535.13 ↓ -46%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $739.20 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $827.90 ↓ -16%
Cigna All_Plans $902.93 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $911.68 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $948.02 ↓ -4%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $1,094.00 ↑ +11%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $1,094.00 ↑ +11%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $1,102.69 ↑ +12%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $1,108.80 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $1,170.40 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,175.33 ↑ +19%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $1,244.74 ↑ +26%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $1,244.74 ↑ +26%
Highmark Performance_Blue $1,244.74 ↑ +26%

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Pr incision & drainage abscess vulva/perineal at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,184.80 $93.81 – $4,246.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $4,303.80 $98.50 – $6,455.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $831.60 $119.14 – $1,178.10
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,693.20 $91.75 – $1,041.88
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $831.60 $119.14 – $2,316.05
UPMC East Monroeville $3,055.20 $103.19 – $4,073.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,124.20 $103.19 – $729.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,183.40 $103.19 – $304.51

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