Protein total serum plasma whole blood 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

$15.20

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.

$19.00

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.

$3.67 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $34.54 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 $3.67 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $3.71 ↓ -76%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $3.78 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $3.78 ↓ -75%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $3.85 ↓ -75%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $3.85 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $3.87 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $3.87 ↓ -75%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $3.96 ↓ -74%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $3.96 ↓ -74%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $4.59 ↓ -70%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $4.90 ↓ -68%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $4.90 ↓ -68%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $4.93 ↓ -68%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $5.62 ↓ -63%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $5.84 ↓ -62%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $5.84 ↓ -62%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $5.84 ↓ -62%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $6.06 ↓ -60%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $6.42 ↓ -58%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $6.63 ↓ -56%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $11.01 ↓ -28%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $11.40 ↓ -25%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $12.38 ↓ -19%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $12.38 ↓ -19%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $12.48 ↓ -18%
Cigna All_Plans $13.93 ↓ -8%
Aetna All_Plans $14.02 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $14.06 ↓ -8%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $14.09 ↓ -7%
Highmark Performance_Blue $14.09 ↓ -7%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $14.09 ↓ -7%
Cigna PPO_Plan $14.62 ↓ -4%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $15.83 ↑ +4%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $17.10 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $18.05 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $24.18 ↑ +59%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $24.96 ↑ +64%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $34.54 ↑ +127%

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Protein total serum plasma whole blood at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $73.80 $3.63 – $98.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $58.80 $1.32 – $88.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $19.80 $3.63 – $28.05
UPMC Cole Coudersport $28.20 $2.39 – $37.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $21.00 $3.63 – $28.05
UPMC East Monroeville $54.60 $3.63 – $72.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $97.20 $3.63 – $7.06
UPMC Northwest Seneca $37.20 $3.33 – $5.37

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