Administration vaccine hepatitis b 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

$23.20

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.

$29.00

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.

$5.10 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $204.34 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
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $5.10 ↓ -78%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $13.07 ↓ -44%
Cigna All_Plans $17.66 ↓ -24%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $18.56 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $18.67 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $18.67 ↓ -20%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $18.85 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $18.85 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $18.85 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $18.85 ↓ -19%
Tower Health All_Plans $18.85 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $20.30 ↓ -13%
Aetna All_Plans $22.45 ↓ -3%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $24.68 ↑ +6%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $27.35 ↑ +18%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $34.61 ↑ +49%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $44.56 ↑ +92%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $45.01 ↑ +94%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $45.90 ↑ +98%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $45.90 ↑ +98%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $46.79 ↑ +102%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $46.79 ↑ +102%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $46.79 ↑ +102%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $46.79 ↑ +102%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $46.79 ↑ +102%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $46.99 ↑ +103%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $47.01 ↑ +103%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $48.12 ↑ +107%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $48.12 ↑ +107%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $69.18 ↑ +198%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $73.52 ↑ +217%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $77.98 ↑ +236%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $163.47 ↑ +605%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $163.47 ↑ +605%
Highmark Performance_Blue $169.60 ↑ +631%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $169.60 ↑ +631%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $169.60 ↑ +631%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $204.34 ↑ +781%

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Administration vaccine hepatitis b at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $12.00 $3.92 – $47.51
UPMC Bedford Everett $12.00 $8.00 – $47.51
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $99.00 $22.61 – $140.25
UPMC Cole Coudersport $16.20 $7.48 – $21.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $99.00 $6.53 – $140.25
UPMC East Monroeville $12.00 $3.96 – $47.51
UPMC Hamot Erie $12.00 $2.11 – $54.83
UPMC Northwest Seneca $12.00 $10.18 – $47.51

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