11-desoxycortisol - sendout at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital

169 Martin Ave, Ephrata, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1083615587

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$121.60

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.

$152.00

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.

$17.50 with Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid vs $134.27 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
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $17.50 ↓ -86%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $21.88 ↓ -82%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $21.88 ↓ -82%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $21.88 ↓ -82%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $21.88 ↓ -82%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $21.88 ↓ -82%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $26.75 ↓ -78%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $29.57 ↓ -76%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $30.16 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $30.16 ↓ -75%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $30.74 ↓ -75%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $30.74 ↓ -75%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $30.74 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $30.74 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $30.74 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $30.88 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $30.89 ↓ -75%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $31.62 ↓ -74%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $31.62 ↓ -74%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $45.46 ↓ -63%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $48.31 ↓ -60%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $51.24 ↓ -58%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $59.50 ↓ -51%
PHC All_Plans $60.80 ↓ -50%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $68.50 ↓ -44%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $87.84 ↓ -28%
Cigna All_Plans $97.01 ↓ -20%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $97.28 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $97.86 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $97.86 ↓ -20%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $98.80 ↓ -19%
Tower Health All_Plans $98.80 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $98.80 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $98.80 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $98.80 ↓ -19%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $107.42 ↓ -12%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $107.42 ↓ -12%
Highmark Performance_Blue $111.44 ↓ -8%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $111.44 ↓ -8%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $111.44 ↓ -8%
Aetna All_Plans $120.93 ↓ -1%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $132.93 ↑ +9%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $134.27 ↑ +10%

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11-desoxycortisol - sendout at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $493.80 $17.50 – $658.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $257.40 $10.56 – $386.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $148.20 $14.66 – $90.95
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $148.20 $17.50 – $126.22
UPMC Hamot Erie $269.40 $17.50 – $46.79
UPMC Hanover Hanover $148.20 $17.50 – $46.85
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $192.60 $17.50 – $54.94
UPMC Jameson New Castle $83.40 $19.25 – $47.61

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