Aco cont gluc mnt phys/qhp eqp 95250aco 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

$527.20

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.

$659.00

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.

$110.33 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $621.44 with United_Healthcare — 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 $110.33 ↓ -79%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $110.33 ↓ -79%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $110.33 ↓ -79%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $110.33 ↓ -79%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $110.33 ↓ -79%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $115.98 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $125.33 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $125.70 ↓ -76%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $128.19 ↓ -76%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $128.19 ↓ -76%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $130.68 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $130.68 ↓ -75%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $130.68 ↓ -75%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $130.68 ↓ -75%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $130.68 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $131.24 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $131.31 ↓ -75%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $134.42 ↓ -75%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $134.42 ↓ -75%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $193.22 ↓ -63%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $205.36 ↓ -61%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $217.81 ↓ -59%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $296.98 ↓ -44%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $300.08 ↓ -43%
Cigna All_Plans $388.22 ↓ -26%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $421.76 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $424.26 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $424.26 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $428.35 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $428.35 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $428.35 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $428.35 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $428.35 ↓ -19%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $456.59 ↓ -13%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $456.59 ↓ -13%
PHC All_Plans $461.30 ↓ -13%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $473.71 ↓ -10%
Highmark Performance_Blue $473.71 ↓ -10%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $473.71 ↓ -10%
Aetna All_Plans $510.07 ↓ -3%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $560.81 ↑ +6%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $570.74 ↑ +8%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $621.44 ↑ +18%

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Aco cont gluc mnt phys/qhp eqp 95250aco at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $805.20 $88.26 – $1,073.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $390.00 $89.05 – $552.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $467.40 $92.67 – $623.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $390.00 $100.89 – $552.50
UPMC Hamot Erie $611.40 $96.41 – $333.90
UPMC Hanover Hanover $390.00 $100.89 – $196.98
UPMC Lititz Lititz $390.00 $100.89 – $198.03
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $658.80 $96.41 – $150.41

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