Urea nitrogen 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

$20.00

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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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$25.00

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.

$3.95 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $37.19 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 $3.95 ↓ -80%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $3.99 ↓ -80%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $4.07 ↓ -80%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $4.07 ↓ -80%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $4.15 ↓ -79%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $4.15 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $4.17 ↓ -79%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $4.17 ↓ -79%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $4.27 ↓ -79%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $4.27 ↓ -79%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $4.94 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $5.71 ↓ -71%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $5.71 ↓ -71%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $5.74 ↓ -71%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $6.04 ↓ -70%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $6.52 ↓ -67%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $6.80 ↓ -66%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $6.80 ↓ -66%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $6.80 ↓ -66%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $6.91 ↓ -65%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $7.72 ↓ -61%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $8.99 ↓ -55%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $11.85 ↓ -41%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $13.32 ↓ -33%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $13.32 ↓ -33%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $13.43 ↓ -33%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $15.00 ↓ -25%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $15.16 ↓ -24%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $15.16 ↓ -24%
Highmark Performance_Blue $15.16 ↓ -24%
Aetna All_Plans $16.31 ↓ -18%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $17.03 ↓ -15%
Cigna All_Plans $18.32 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $18.50 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $19.24 ↓ -4%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $22.50 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $23.75 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $26.03 ↑ +30%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $37.19 ↑ +86%

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Urea nitrogen at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $50.40 $3.90 – $67.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $30.00 $1.43 – $45.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $21.00 $3.91 – $29.75
UPMC Cole Coudersport $30.60 $2.57 – $40.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $21.60 $3.91 – $30.18
UPMC East Monroeville $58.80 $3.90 – $78.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $55.80 $3.90 – $7.62
UPMC Northwest Seneca $34.80 $3.58 – $6.26

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