Urinalysis (with microscopy) 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

$10.00

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.

$24.00

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.

$3.15 with UPMC_Medicare vs $29.89 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
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $3.15 ↓ -69%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $3.15 ↓ -69%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $3.17 ↓ -68%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $3.17 ↓ -68%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $3.20 ↓ -68%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $3.27 ↓ -67%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $3.27 ↓ -67%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $3.33 ↓ -67%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $3.33 ↓ -67%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $3.34 ↓ -67%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $3.34 ↓ -67%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $3.42 ↓ -66%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $3.42 ↓ -66%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $3.75 ↓ -63%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $3.75 ↓ -63%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $3.75 ↓ -63%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $3.96 ↓ -60%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $4.26 ↓ -57%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $4.85 ↓ -52%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $5.23 ↓ -48%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $5.55 ↓ -45%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $9.51 ↓ -5%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $10.00 ↑ +0%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $10.69 ↑ +7%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $10.69 ↑ +7%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $10.78 ↑ +8%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $12.17 ↑ +22%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $12.17 ↑ +22%
Highmark Performance_Blue $12.17 ↑ +22%
Aetna All_Plans $13.09 ↑ +31%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $13.67 ↑ +37%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $14.40 ↑ +44%
Cigna All_Plans $17.59 ↑ +76%
Geisinger All_Plans $17.76 ↑ +78%
Cigna PPO_Plan $18.47 ↑ +85%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $20.92 ↑ +109%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $22.80 ↑ +128%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $29.89 ↑ +199%

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Urinalysis (with microscopy) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $48.00 $3.00 – $64.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $33.00 $1.14 – $49.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $23.40 $3.00 – $33.15
UPMC Cole Coudersport $34.20 $2.06 – $45.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $23.40 $3.00 – $28.05
UPMC East Monroeville $64.80 $3.00 – $86.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $134.40 $3.00 – $8.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $36.00 $2.87 – $3.45

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →