5% dextrose and 0.45% saline at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
169 Martin Ave, Ephrata, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1083615587
$28.80
Cash price 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.
$36.00
Gross charge 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.
$6.34 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $30.64 with First_Health_Network — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $6.34 | ↓ -78% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $10.80 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $16.22 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $22.98 | ↓ -20% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $23.04 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $23.18 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $23.18 | ↓ -20% |
| Tower Health | All_Plans | $23.40 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $23.40 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $23.40 | ↓ -19% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $23.40 | ↓ -19% |
| Independence_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $23.40 | ↓ -19% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $25.20 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $27.86 | ↓ -3% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $30.64 | ↑ +6% |
Visitor-reported prices
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5% dextrose and 0.45% saline at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $79.20 | $24.87 – $79.20 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $74.20 | $23.19 – $83.47 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $148.80 | $22.25 – $148.80 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $100.80 | $9.01 – $9.01 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $74.40 | $33.58 – $82.33 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $70.20 | $32.97 – $68.04 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $42.00 | $8.02 – $68.04 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $96.60 | $8.87 – $68.04 |