X-ray skull > 4 views complete 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

$753.60

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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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$942.00

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.

$45.64 with UPMC_Medicare vs $894.90 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
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $45.64 ↓ -94%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $45.64 ↓ -94%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $45.86 ↓ -94%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $54.34 ↓ -93%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $54.34 ↓ -93%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $54.34 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $61.73 ↓ -92%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $63.88 ↓ -92%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $104.00 ↓ -86%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $113.17 ↓ -85%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $113.38 ↓ -85%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $113.38 ↓ -85%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $113.38 ↓ -85%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $113.38 ↓ -85%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $114.51 ↓ -85%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $116.78 ↓ -85%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $116.78 ↓ -85%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $119.05 ↓ -84%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $119.05 ↓ -84%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $119.56 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $119.62 ↓ -84%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $141.73 ↓ -81%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $173.47 ↓ -77%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $178.84 ↓ -76%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $187.08 ↓ -75%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $255.49 ↓ -66%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $382.45 ↓ -49%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $382.45 ↓ -49%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $385.49 ↓ -49%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $435.15 ↓ -42%
Highmark Performance_Blue $435.15 ↓ -42%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $435.15 ↓ -42%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $565.20 ↓ -25%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $602.31 ↓ -20%
Aetna All_Plans $633.02 ↓ -16%
Cigna All_Plans $690.39 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $697.08 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $724.87 ↓ -4%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $894.90 ↑ +19%

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X-ray skull > 4 views complete at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $262.80 $27.49 – $350.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $149.40 $36.58 – $224.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $262.80 $36.01 – $372.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $190.20 $42.17 – $253.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $262.80 $36.01 – $372.30
UPMC East Monroeville $732.60 $47.82 – $976.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $370.80 $40.47 – $166.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $218.40 $47.82 – $123.66

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