Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution 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

$849.00

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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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$1,061.25

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.

$10.29 with WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross vs $2,173.31 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
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $10.29 ↓ -99%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $372.39 ↓ -56%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $436.25 ↓ -49%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $436.25 ↓ -49%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $436.25 ↓ -49%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $440.61 ↓ -48%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $449.34 ↓ -47%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $449.34 ↓ -47%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $458.06 ↓ -46%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $458.06 ↓ -46%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $458.06 ↓ -46%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $460.03 ↓ -46%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $460.24 ↓ -46%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $471.15 ↓ -45%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $471.15 ↓ -45%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $525.90 ↓ -38%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $525.90 ↓ -38%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $531.99 ↓ -37%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $531.99 ↓ -37%
Aetna All_Plans $553.15 ↓ -35%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $553.15 ↓ -35%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $616.82 ↓ -27%
UPMC All_Plans $616.82 ↓ -27%
Geisinger All_Plans $621.13 ↓ -27%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $630.09 ↓ -26%
PHC All_Plans $643.35 ↓ -24%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $667.46 ↓ -21%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $719.81 ↓ -15%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $763.44 ↓ -10%
Cigna All_Plans $838.25 ↓ -1%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,257.60 ↑ +48%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $1,707.22 ↑ +101%
Highmark Performance_Blue $1,707.22 ↑ +101%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $1,707.22 ↑ +101%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $2,173.31 ↑ +156%

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Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $133.20 $3.15 – $19.55
UPMC Cole Coudersport $124.80 $5.35 – $166.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $133.20 $0.90 – $19.55
UPMC Hamot Erie $424.00 $0.54 – $9.43
UPMC Hanover Hanover $133.20 $8.64 – $13.97
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $340.80 $1.37 – $9.43
UPMC Jameson New Castle $160.80 $0.55 – $10.91
UPMC Lititz Lititz $133.20 $8.64 – $13.97

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