Amniocentesisdiagnostic 59000 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

$892.00

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.

$1,115.00

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.

$62.50 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $6,190.00 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.

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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
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $62.50 ↓ -93%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $62.50 ↓ -93%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $62.50 ↓ -93%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $62.50 ↓ -93%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $62.50 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $71.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $170.00 ↓ -81%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $196.24 ↓ -78%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $502.49 ↓ -44%
Cigna All_Plans $678.81 ↓ -24%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $713.60 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $717.84 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $717.84 ↓ -20%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $724.75 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $724.75 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $724.75 ↓ -19%
Tower Health All_Plans $724.75 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $724.75 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $780.50 ↓ -13%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $849.37 ↓ -5%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $866.19 ↓ -3%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $866.19 ↓ -3%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $883.01 ↓ -1%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $883.01 ↓ -1%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $883.01 ↓ -1%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $883.01 ↓ -1%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $883.01 ↓ -1%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $886.79 ↓ -1%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $887.21 ↓ -1%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $908.24 ↑ +2%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $908.24 ↑ +2%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,051.45 ↑ +18%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $1,305.59 ↑ +46%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $1,387.58 ↑ +56%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $1,471.68 ↑ +65%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $3,085.15 ↑ +246%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $3,085.15 ↑ +246%
Highmark Performance_Blue $3,200.78 ↑ +259%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $3,200.78 ↑ +259%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $3,200.78 ↑ +259%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $3,856.39 ↑ +332%
Aetna All_Plans $5,627.00 ↑ +531%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $6,190.00 ↑ +594%

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Amniocentesisdiagnostic 59000 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,511.40 $63.50 – $2,141.15
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,511.40 $65.50 – $2,141.15
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,922.40 $55.00 – $1,203.71
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,511.40 $63.50 – $1,330.91
UPMC Lititz Lititz $1,511.40 $63.50 – $1,338.10
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $2,431.80 $55.00 – $896.56
UPMC Memorial York $1,511.40 $63.50 – $1,335.92
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,511.40 $55.00 – $830.15

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