Administration immunization 1 vaccine 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

$69.60

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.

$87.00

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.

$12.50 with Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid vs $315.22 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
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $12.50 ↓ -82%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $15.31 ↓ -78%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $34.00 ↓ -51%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $39.21 ↓ -44%
Cigna All_Plans $52.97 ↓ -24%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $55.68 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $56.01 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $56.01 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $56.55 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $56.55 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $56.55 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $56.55 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $56.55 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $60.90 ↓ -13%
Aetna All_Plans $67.34 ↓ -3%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $68.74 ↓ -1%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $69.43 ↓ -0%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $70.80 ↑ +2%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $70.80 ↑ +2%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $72.18 ↑ +4%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $72.18 ↑ +4%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $72.18 ↑ +4%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $72.18 ↑ +4%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $72.18 ↑ +4%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $72.49 ↑ +4%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $72.52 ↑ +4%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $74.04 ↑ +6%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $74.24 ↑ +7%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $74.24 ↑ +7%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $82.04 ↑ +18%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $106.72 ↑ +53%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $113.42 ↑ +63%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $120.30 ↑ +73%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $252.18 ↑ +262%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $252.18 ↑ +262%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $261.63 ↑ +276%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $261.63 ↑ +276%
Highmark Performance_Blue $261.63 ↑ +276%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $315.22 ↑ +353%

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Administration immunization 1 vaccine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $12.00 $1.18 – $73.28
UPMC Bedford Everett $12.00 $1.18 – $73.28
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $115.20 $1.18 – $163.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $103.20 $1.18 – $23.92
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $115.20 $1.18 – $75.61
UPMC East Monroeville $12.00 $1.18 – $73.28
UPMC Hamot Erie $13.20 $0.59 – $84.57
UPMC Northwest Seneca $12.00 $1.42 – $73.28

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