X-ray lumbosacral spine >= 4 views 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

$526.40

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.

$658.00

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.

$28.13 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $625.10 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 $28.13 ↓ -95%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $45.78 ↓ -91%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $45.78 ↓ -91%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $45.78 ↓ -91%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $45.78 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $52.00 ↓ -90%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $102.95 ↓ -80%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan Johns_Hopkins_US_Family_Health $102.95 ↓ -80%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $103.98 ↓ -80%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $106.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $106.04 ↓ -80%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $106.04 ↓ -80%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $108.10 ↓ -79%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $108.10 ↓ -79%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $108.10 ↓ -79%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $108.56 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $108.61 ↓ -79%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $111.19 ↓ -79%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $111.19 ↓ -79%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $124.11 ↓ -76%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $124.11 ↓ -76%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $124.51 ↓ -76%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $157.51 ↓ -70%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $169.87 ↓ -68%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $180.16 ↓ -66%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $369.45 ↓ -30%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $380.92 ↓ -28%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $402.88 ↓ -23%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $402.88 ↓ -23%
Highmark Performance_Blue $402.88 ↓ -23%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $512.88 ↓ -3%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $527.78 ↑ +0%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $548.77 ↑ +4%
Aetna All_Plans $548.77 ↑ +4%
Cigna All_Plans $589.83 ↑ +12%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $602.31 ↑ +14%
UPMC All_Plans $611.94 ↑ +16%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $611.94 ↑ +16%
Geisinger All_Plans $616.22 ↑ +17%
Johns_Hopkins_HealthCare_Plan All_Other_Plans $625.10 ↑ +19%
PHC All_Plans $625.10 ↑ +19%

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X-ray lumbosacral spine >= 4 views at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $339.00 $22.50 – $452.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $190.20 $36.58 – $285.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $262.80 $29.48 – $372.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $292.80 $38.45 – $390.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $262.80 $15.40 – $192.02
UPMC East Monroeville $732.60 $40.28 – $976.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $637.80 $36.38 – $166.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $257.40 $40.28 – $120.47

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