Sodium 24 hour urine 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

$20.80

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.

$26.00

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.

$5.06 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $45.84 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 $5.06 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $5.11 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $5.21 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $5.21 ↓ -75%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $5.31 ↓ -74%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $5.31 ↓ -74%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $5.34 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $5.34 ↓ -74%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $5.46 ↓ -74%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $5.46 ↓ -74%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $6.33 ↓ -70%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $7.06 ↓ -66%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $7.06 ↓ -66%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $7.09 ↓ -66%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $7.74 ↓ -63%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $8.35 ↓ -60%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $8.40 ↓ -60%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $8.40 ↓ -60%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $8.40 ↓ -60%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $8.86 ↓ -57%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $9.54 ↓ -54%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $10.00 ↓ -52%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $15.18 ↓ -27%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $15.60 ↓ -25%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $17.07 ↓ -18%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $17.07 ↓ -18%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $17.20 ↓ -17%
Cigna All_Plans $19.06 ↓ -8%
Aetna All_Plans $19.19 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $19.24 ↓ -8%
Highmark Performance_Blue $19.42 ↓ -7%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $19.42 ↓ -7%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $19.42 ↓ -7%
Cigna PPO_Plan $20.01 ↓ -4%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $21.82 ↑ +5%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $23.40 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $24.70 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $32.09 ↑ +54%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $45.84 ↑ +120%

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Sodium 24 hour urine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $61.80 $5.01 – $82.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $33.00 $1.83 – $49.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $25.20 $5.01 – $35.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $37.80 $3.29 – $50.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $25.20 $5.01 – $32.93
UPMC East Monroeville $72.00 $5.01 – $96.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $102.60 $5.01 – $9.41
UPMC Northwest Seneca $34.80 $4.59 – $7.73

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