Removal central venous device tunneled w/port/pump central/peripheral insertion 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

$2,996.00

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$3,745.00

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$152.50 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $6,356.69 with Highmark — 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

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
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $152.50 ↓ -95%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $193.29 ↓ -94%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $193.29 ↓ -94%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $194.21 ↓ -94%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $230.11 ↓ -92%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $230.11 ↓ -92%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $230.11 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $261.41 ↓ -91%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $1,653.17 ↓ -45%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $1,656.25 ↓ -45%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $1,656.25 ↓ -45%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $1,656.25 ↓ -45%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $1,656.25 ↓ -45%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $1,672.81 ↓ -44%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $1,705.94 ↓ -43%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $1,705.94 ↓ -43%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $1,739.06 ↓ -42%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $1,739.06 ↓ -42%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $1,746.52 ↓ -42%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $1,747.34 ↓ -42%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $2,070.31 ↓ -31%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $2,247.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $2,516.64 ↓ -16%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $2,534.06 ↓ -15%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $2,732.81 ↓ -9%
Cigna All_Plans $2,744.71 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $2,771.30 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $2,881.78 ↓ -4%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $3,370.50 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $3,557.75 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $3,572.73 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $4,354.00 ↑ +45%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $5,586.86 ↑ +86%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $5,586.86 ↑ +86%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $5,631.25 ↑ +88%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $5,785.00 ↑ +93%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $5,785.00 ↑ +93%
Highmark Performance_Blue $6,356.69 ↑ +112%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $6,356.69 ↑ +112%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $6,356.69 ↑ +112%

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Removal central venous device tunneled w/port/pump central/peripheral insertion at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,028.00 $184.09 – $2,704.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $3,457.20 $233.79 – $4,897.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $525.00 $193.29 – $771.51
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $3,457.20 $248.52 – $4,897.70
UPMC East Monroeville $2,449.20 $202.50 – $3,265.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,464.00 $202.50 – $2,154.03
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,678.60 $202.50 – $1,555.07
UPMC Hanover Hanover $3,457.20 $233.79 – $2,374.40

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