68/100
#718 nationally
Wellspan Waynesboro Hospital
501 East Main St, Waynesboro, PA 17268 · (717) 765-4000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Wellspan Waynesboro Hospital billed $3.20 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 3.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 23
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #26
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 70% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 87% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
242 | $21,149 | $2,722 | +9% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
109 | $37,547 | $17,805 | -42% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
75 | $30,935 | $11,639 | -29% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
32 | $7,827 | $1,567 | -22% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
30 | $35,102 | $11,985 | -28% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
29 | $23,839 | $12,776 | -39% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
26 | $10,538 | $2,325 | -10% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $27,985 | $10,056 | -31% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $42,071 | $14,505 | -24% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
21 | $44,064 | $10,395 | -7% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,149 | $2,722 | +9% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$35,692 | $9,182 | about average |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$44,064 | $10,395 | -7% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,862 | $5,757 | -9% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,538 | $2,325 | -10% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$28,061 | $7,778 | -15% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,014 | $1,926 | -21% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$24,099 | $7,686 | -21% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$22,950 | $9,563 | -45% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$29,076 | $12,579 | -45% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$37,547 | $17,805 | -42% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$23,839 | $12,776 | -39% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$21,463 | $7,302 | -33% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$19,934 | $7,893 | -33% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$27,985 | $10,056 | -31% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$24,128 | $7,868 | -30% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.