Chest X-ray at WellSpan Surgery & Rehabilitation Hospital

55 Monument Road, York PA 17403, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1760787576

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$322.40

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.

$403.00

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.

$18.57 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $497.84 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
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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_Medicaid All_Plans $18.57 ↓ -94%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $29.55 ↓ -91%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $29.55 ↓ -91%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $29.55 ↓ -91%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $29.55 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $33.57 ↓ -90%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $80.38 ↓ -75%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $85.24 ↓ -74%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $85.24 ↓ -74%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $86.09 ↓ -73%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $87.80 ↓ -73%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $87.80 ↓ -73%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $89.50 ↓ -72%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $89.50 ↓ -72%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $89.50 ↓ -72%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $89.89 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $89.93 ↓ -72%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $92.06 ↓ -71%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $92.06 ↓ -71%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $102.76 ↓ -68%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $102.76 ↓ -68%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $109.00 ↓ -66%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $130.42 ↓ -60%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $140.65 ↓ -56%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $149.17 ↓ -54%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $226.27 ↓ -30%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $233.30 ↓ -28%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $323.25 ↑ +0%
Highmark Performance_Blue $333.58 ↑ +3%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $333.58 ↑ +3%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $333.58 ↑ +3%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $336.10 ↑ +4%
Aetna All_Plans $336.10 ↑ +4%
Cigna All_Plans $361.25 ↑ +12%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $374.79 ↑ +16%
UPMC All_Plans $374.79 ↑ +16%
Geisinger All_Plans $377.41 ↑ +17%
PHC All_Plans $382.85 ↑ +19%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $382.85 ↑ +19%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $424.65 ↑ +32%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $497.84 ↑ +54%

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Chest X-ray at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $172.80 $11.78 – $230.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $115.80 $24.82 – $173.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $188.40 $5.34 – $134.77
UPMC Cole Coudersport $150.60 $24.82 – $200.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $188.40 $7.80 – $135.02
UPMC East Monroeville $436.20 $11.90 – $581.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $532.80 $11.78 – $118.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $141.00 $26.00 – $88.15

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