Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos 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

$100.00

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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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$130.00

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.

$72.99 with Blue_Cross vs $621.68 with Highmark — 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 Capital_Cares_4_kids $72.99 ↓ -27%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $75.26 ↓ -25%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $104.27 ↑ +4%
Cigna All_Plans $106.96 ↑ +7%
Aetna All_Plans $115.05 ↑ +15%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $115.05 ↑ +15%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $119.60 ↑ +20%
UPMC All_Plans $120.90 ↑ +21%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $120.90 ↑ +21%
Geisinger All_Plans $121.75 ↑ +22%
PHC All_Plans $123.50 ↑ +24%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $123.50 ↑ +24%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $124.79 ↑ +25%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $124.79 ↑ +25%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $124.79 ↑ +25%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $126.04 ↑ +26%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $128.53 ↑ +29%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $128.53 ↑ +29%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $131.03 ↑ +31%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $131.03 ↑ +31%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $131.03 ↑ +31%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $131.59 ↑ +32%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $131.65 ↑ +32%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $134.77 ↑ +35%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $134.77 ↑ +35%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $150.43 ↑ +50%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $150.43 ↑ +50%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $190.93 ↑ +91%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $205.90 ↑ +106%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $218.38 ↑ +118%
Highmark Performance_Blue $488.35 ↑ +388%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $488.35 ↑ +388%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $488.35 ↑ +388%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $621.68 ↑ +522%

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Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $93.60 $38.42 – $132.72
UPMC Bedford Everett $266.40 $38.42 – $399.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $537.00 $38.36 – $238.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $86.40 $18.57 – $53.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $537.00 $40.20 – $238.00
UPMC East Monroeville $436.80 $38.42 – $582.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $138.60 $38.42 – $153.18
UPMC Northwest Seneca $240.00 $38.42 – $132.72

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