X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views 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

$1,028.00

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.

$1,285.00

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.

$21.56 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $1,220.75 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
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $21.56 ↓ -98%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $51.81 ↓ -95%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $51.81 ↓ -95%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $52.05 ↓ -95%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $61.68 ↓ -94%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $61.68 ↓ -94%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $61.68 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $70.06 ↓ -93%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $103.00 ↓ -90%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $113.17 ↓ -89%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $113.38 ↓ -89%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $113.38 ↓ -89%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $113.38 ↓ -89%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $113.38 ↓ -89%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $114.51 ↓ -89%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $116.78 ↓ -89%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $116.78 ↓ -89%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $119.05 ↓ -88%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $119.05 ↓ -88%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $119.56 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $119.62 ↓ -88%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $141.73 ↓ -86%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $173.47 ↓ -83%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $187.08 ↓ -82%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $268.30 ↓ -74%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $382.45 ↓ -63%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $382.45 ↓ -63%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $383.28 ↓ -63%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $385.49 ↓ -63%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $435.15 ↓ -58%
Highmark Performance_Blue $435.15 ↓ -58%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $435.15 ↓ -58%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $602.31 ↓ -41%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $771.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $863.52 ↓ -16%
Cigna All_Plans $941.78 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $950.90 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $988.81 ↓ -4%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $1,220.75 ↑ +19%

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X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $461.40 $32.50 – $615.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $186.00 $36.58 – $279.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $262.80 $42.58 – $372.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $310.80 $51.81 – $414.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $262.80 $42.58 – $372.30
UPMC East Monroeville $732.60 $54.27 – $976.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $543.60 $42.13 – $166.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $257.40 $54.27 – $145.05

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