St evaluation swallow function 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

$380.00

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.

$475.00

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.

$42.00 with UPMC_Medicare vs $453.15 with United_Healthcare — 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
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $42.00 ↓ -89%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $42.00 ↓ -89%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $42.20 ↓ -89%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -87%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -87%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -87%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $56.80 ↓ -85%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $80.43 ↓ -79%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $81.23 ↓ -79%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $82.84 ↓ -78%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $82.84 ↓ -78%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $84.45 ↓ -78%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $84.45 ↓ -78%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $84.81 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $84.85 ↓ -78%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $86.86 ↓ -77%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $86.86 ↓ -77%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $100.54 ↓ -74%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $123.06 ↓ -68%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $140.75 ↓ -63%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $271.31 ↓ -29%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $271.31 ↓ -29%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $273.46 ↓ -28%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $285.00 ↓ -25%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $308.69 ↓ -19%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $308.69 ↓ -19%
Highmark Performance_Blue $308.69 ↓ -19%
Aetna All_Plans $319.20 ↓ -16%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $322.70 ↓ -15%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $346.84 ↓ -9%
Cigna All_Plans $348.13 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $351.50 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $365.51 ↓ -4%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $427.50 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $451.25 ↑ +19%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $453.15 ↑ +19%

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St evaluation swallow function at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $373.80 $38.90 – $498.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $413.40 $40.84 – $620.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $532.80 $49.40 – $754.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $418.80 $40.84 – $558.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $532.80 $49.40 – $1,395.12
UPMC East Monroeville $486.60 $42.79 – $648.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $489.00 $42.79 – $223.13
UPMC Northwest Seneca $463.80 $42.79 – $579.11

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