Pt application of modality traction mechanical 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

$157.60

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$197.00

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.

$42.20 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $461.00 with Blue_Cross — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $42.20 ↓ -73%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -68%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -68%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -68%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $56.80 ↓ -64%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $118.20 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $132.38 ↓ -16%
Cigna All_Plans $144.38 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $145.78 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $151.59 ↓ -4%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $177.30 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $187.15 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $187.94 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $322.70 ↑ +105%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $461.00 ↑ +193%

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Pt application of modality traction mechanical at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $65.40 $14.87 – $87.20
UPMC East Monroeville $93.00 $21.77 – $124.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $187.80 $21.56 – $100.11
UPMC Kane Kane $90.60 $43.65 – $61.07
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $130.20 $21.56 – $59.48
UPMC Muncy Muncy $103.20 $16.76 – $45.14
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $213.60 $15.71 – $121.78
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $133.20 $21.77 – $92.42

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