Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid 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

$278.40

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.

$348.00

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.

$78.60 with PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid vs $908.23 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
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $78.60 ↓ -72%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $78.60 ↓ -72%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $78.60 ↓ -72%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $78.60 ↓ -72%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $78.60 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $89.29 ↓ -68%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $182.31 ↓ -35%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $182.31 ↓ -35%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $184.13 ↓ -34%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $187.78 ↓ -33%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $187.78 ↓ -33%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $191.43 ↓ -31%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $191.43 ↓ -31%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $191.43 ↓ -31%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $192.25 ↓ -31%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $192.34 ↓ -31%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $195.39 ↓ -30%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $196.89 ↓ -29%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $196.89 ↓ -29%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $201.46 ↓ -28%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $213.79 ↓ -23%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $219.77 ↓ -21%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $219.77 ↓ -21%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $278.93 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $279.13 ↑ +0%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $290.23 ↑ +4%
Aetna All_Plans $290.23 ↑ +4%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $300.81 ↑ +8%
Cigna All_Plans $311.95 ↑ +12%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $315.98 ↑ +13%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $319.04 ↑ +15%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $320.16 ↑ +15%
UPMC All_Plans $323.64 ↑ +16%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $323.64 ↑ +16%
Geisinger All_Plans $325.90 ↑ +17%
PHC All_Plans $330.60 ↑ +19%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $330.60 ↑ +19%
Highmark Performance_Blue $713.45 ↑ +156%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $713.45 ↑ +156%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $713.45 ↑ +156%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $908.23 ↑ +226%

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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC East Monroeville $1,639.80 $69.17 – $2,186.40
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,413.00 $69.17 – $316.31
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $1,726.80 $69.17 – $316.31
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $691.80 $69.17 – $361.67
UPMC Muncy Muncy $162.00 $69.17 – $338.38
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,073.60 $69.17 – $420.55
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,640.40 $69.17 – $316.31
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $196.00 $69.17 – $316.31

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