Warde copper 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

$51.20

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.

$64.00

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.

$12.41 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $116.98 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 $12.41 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $12.53 ↓ -76%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $12.60 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $12.60 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $12.66 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $12.78 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $12.78 ↓ -75%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $13.03 ↓ -75%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $13.03 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $13.09 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $13.09 ↓ -74%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $13.40 ↓ -74%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $13.40 ↓ -74%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $15.00 ↓ -71%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $15.00 ↓ -71%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $15.00 ↓ -71%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $15.51 ↓ -70%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $17.04 ↓ -67%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $18.99 ↓ -63%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $20.48 ↓ -60%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $21.72 ↓ -58%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $23.40 ↓ -54%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $37.23 ↓ -27%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $38.40 ↓ -25%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $41.86 ↓ -18%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $41.86 ↓ -18%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $42.19 ↓ -18%
Cigna All_Plans $46.91 ↓ -8%
Aetna All_Plans $47.23 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $47.36 ↓ -8%
Highmark Performance_Blue $47.63 ↓ -7%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $47.63 ↓ -7%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $47.63 ↓ -7%
Cigna PPO_Plan $49.25 ↓ -4%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $53.52 ↑ +5%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $57.60 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $60.80 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $81.89 ↑ +60%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $116.98 ↑ +128%

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Warde copper at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $183.60 $12.00 – $244.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $66.60 $4.48 – $99.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $63.60 $12.00 – $90.10
UPMC Cole Coudersport $86.40 $8.07 – $115.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $63.60 $12.00 – $90.10
UPMC East Monroeville $186.60 $12.00 – $248.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $274.20 $12.00 – $24.05
UPMC Northwest Seneca $64.80 $11.25 – $13.80

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