Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block 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

$463.20

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$579.00

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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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$9.38 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $826.43 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

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 $9.38 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $32.50 ↓ -93%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $40.63 ↓ -91%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $40.63 ↓ -91%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $40.63 ↓ -91%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $40.63 ↓ -91%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $110.50 ↓ -76%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $165.89 ↓ -64%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $165.89 ↓ -64%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $167.55 ↓ -64%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $170.87 ↓ -63%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $170.87 ↓ -63%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $174.18 ↓ -62%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $174.18 ↓ -62%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $174.18 ↓ -62%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $174.93 ↓ -62%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $175.01 ↓ -62%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $179.16 ↓ -61%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $179.16 ↓ -61%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $199.98 ↓ -57%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $199.98 ↓ -57%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $253.81 ↓ -45%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $273.72 ↓ -41%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $290.31 ↓ -37%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $325.09 ↓ -30%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $335.18 ↓ -28%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $406.68 ↓ -12%
Aetna All_Plans $406.68 ↓ -12%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $464.42 ↑ +0%
Cigna All_Plans $476.40 ↑ +3%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $488.22 ↑ +5%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $532.68 ↑ +15%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $538.47 ↑ +16%
UPMC All_Plans $538.47 ↑ +16%
Geisinger All_Plans $542.23 ↑ +17%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $550.05 ↑ +19%
PHC All_Plans $550.05 ↑ +19%
Highmark Performance_Blue $649.19 ↑ +40%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $649.19 ↑ +40%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $649.19 ↑ +40%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $826.43 ↑ +78%

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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $229.80 $7.50 – $306.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $133.20 $28.50 – $199.91
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $337.20 $9.82 – $477.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $104.40 $34.12 – $199.91
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $337.20 $9.82 – $211.89
UPMC East Monroeville $303.00 $28.11 – $404.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $717.00 $23.43 – $213.56
UPMC Northwest Seneca $159.60 $28.38 – $202.47

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