Head CT scan (without contrast) 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

$296.00

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.

$1,462.00

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.

$96.88 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $1,388.90 with PHC — 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 $96.88 ↓ -67%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $102.95 ↓ -65%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $102.95 ↓ -65%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $103.98 ↓ -65%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $106.04 ↓ -64%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $106.04 ↓ -64%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $108.10 ↓ -63%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $108.10 ↓ -63%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $108.10 ↓ -63%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $108.56 ↓ -63%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $108.61 ↓ -63%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $111.19 ↓ -62%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $111.19 ↓ -62%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $124.11 ↓ -58%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $124.11 ↓ -58%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $145.94 ↓ -51%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $145.94 ↓ -51%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $145.94 ↓ -51%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $145.94 ↓ -51%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $157.51 ↓ -47%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $165.79 ↓ -44%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $169.87 ↓ -43%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $180.16 ↓ -39%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $252.00 ↓ -15%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $396.95 ↑ +34%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $402.88 ↑ +36%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $402.88 ↑ +36%
Highmark Performance_Blue $402.88 ↑ +36%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $512.88 ↑ +73%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $602.31 ↑ +103%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $820.87 ↑ +177%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $846.35 ↑ +186%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $1,172.67 ↑ +296%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $1,219.31 ↑ +312%
Aetna All_Plans $1,219.31 ↑ +312%
Cigna All_Plans $1,302.06 ↑ +340%
UPMC All_Plans $1,359.66 ↑ +359%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $1,359.66 ↑ +359%
Geisinger All_Plans $1,369.16 ↑ +363%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $1,388.90 ↑ +369%
PHC All_Plans $1,388.90 ↑ +369%

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Head CT scan (without contrast) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $961.20 $77.50 – $1,281.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $741.00 $36.58 – $1,111.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $796.80 $100.71 – $1,128.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $753.00 $115.89 – $1,004.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,105.20 $101.53 – $1,128.80
UPMC East Monroeville $1,863.00 $101.65 – $2,484.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,127.20 $98.61 – $568.49
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,226.40 $91.94 – $538.64

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