Warde 3400652 ova & parasites direct smear concentration and id 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

$37.60

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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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$47.00

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.

$7.88 with UPMC_Medicare vs $83.86 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_Community_HealthChoices $7.88 ↓ -79%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $7.88 ↓ -79%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $7.91 ↓ -79%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $8.90 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $8.99 ↓ -76%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $9.17 ↓ -76%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $9.17 ↓ -76%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $9.35 ↓ -75%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $9.35 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $9.38 ↓ -75%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $9.38 ↓ -75%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $9.38 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $9.39 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $9.39 ↓ -75%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $9.61 ↓ -74%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $9.61 ↓ -74%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $9.89 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $10.65 ↓ -72%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $11.13 ↓ -70%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $13.62 ↓ -64%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $14.69 ↓ -61%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $15.58 ↓ -59%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $26.70 ↓ -29%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $28.20 ↓ -25%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $30.02 ↓ -20%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $30.02 ↓ -20%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $30.26 ↓ -20%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $34.16 ↓ -9%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $34.16 ↓ -9%
Highmark Performance_Blue $34.16 ↓ -9%
Cigna All_Plans $34.45 ↓ -8%
Aetna All_Plans $34.69 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $34.78 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $36.17 ↓ -4%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $38.38 ↑ +2%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $42.30 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $44.65 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $58.70 ↑ +56%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $83.86 ↑ +123%

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Warde 3400652 ova & parasites direct smear concentration and id at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $151.20 $7.50 – $201.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $58.80 $3.21 – $88.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $49.20 $7.50 – $69.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $69.00 $5.79 – $92.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $49.20 $7.50 – $69.70
UPMC East Monroeville $133.20 $7.50 – $177.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $152.40 $7.50 – $17.12
UPMC Northwest Seneca $84.60 $8.07 – $9.61

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