X-ray swallowing function w/ciner/videoradiography neck radiographs(s)&delayed images contrast study 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

$590.40

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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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$738.00

Gross charge

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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.

$48.30 with UPMC_Medicare vs $1,006.60 with United_Healthcare — 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

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 $48.30 ↓ -92%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $48.30 ↓ -92%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $48.53 ↓ -92%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $57.50 ↓ -90%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $57.50 ↓ -90%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $57.50 ↓ -90%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $65.32 ↓ -89%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $189.45 ↓ -68%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $189.80 ↓ -68%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $189.80 ↓ -68%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $189.80 ↓ -68%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $189.80 ↓ -68%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $191.70 ↓ -68%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $195.49 ↓ -67%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $195.49 ↓ -67%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $199.29 ↓ -66%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $199.29 ↓ -66%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $200.14 ↓ -66%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $200.24 ↓ -66%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $237.25 ↓ -60%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $290.39 ↓ -51%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $313.17 ↓ -47%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $356.01 ↓ -40%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $442.80 ↓ -25%
Aetna All_Plans $495.94 ↓ -16%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $508.58 ↓ -14%
Cigna All_Plans $540.88 ↓ -8%
Geisinger All_Plans $546.12 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO_Plan $567.89 ↓ -4%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $640.23 ↑ +8%
Highmark Shared_Cost_Blue_PPO $640.23 ↑ +8%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $645.32 ↑ +9%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $664.20 ↑ +13%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $701.10 ↑ +19%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $728.45 ↑ +23%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $728.45 ↑ +23%
Highmark Performance_Blue $728.45 ↑ +23%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,006.60 ↑ +70%

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X-ray swallowing function w/ciner/videoradiography neck radiographs(s)&delayed images contrast study at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $793.80 $28.00 – $1,058.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $640.80 $48.30 – $961.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $427.80 $36.68 – $606.05
UPMC Cole Coudersport $385.80 $48.30 – $514.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $427.80 $36.68 – $606.05
UPMC East Monroeville $832.80 $50.60 – $1,110.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $442.20 $50.60 – $270.53
UPMC Northwest Seneca $610.80 $50.60 – $187.06

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