Tc-99m pentetate dtpa aerosol 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

$321.60

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.

$402.00

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.

$7.55 with Blue_Cross vs $381.90 with First_Health_Network — 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 Capital_Cares_4_kids $7.55 ↓ -98%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $10.79 ↓ -97%
Cigna All_Plans $60.62 ↓ -81%
Cigna PPO_Plan $63.65 ↓ -80%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $65.22 ↓ -80%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $241.20 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $270.14 ↓ -16%
Geisinger All_Plans $297.48 ↓ -8%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $361.80 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $381.90 ↑ +19%

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Tc-99m pentetate dtpa aerosol at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $539.40 $30.21 – $719.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $415.20 $24.72 – $588.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $61.20 $23.02 – $81.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $415.20 $11.76 – $588.20
UPMC East Monroeville $231.60 $20.38 – $308.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $218.40 $78.39 – $94.46
UPMC Hanover Hanover $415.20 $24.72 – $78.06
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $231.60 $20.38 – $78.06

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