Application skin substitute graft face/scalp/neck/genit/hnd/ft <100 sq cm 1st 25 sq cm 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

$1,904.80

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.

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$2,381.00

Gross charge

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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.

$100.55 with Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid vs $9,629.00 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
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $100.55 ↓ -95%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $273.50 ↓ -86%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $419.06 ↓ -78%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $1,073.02 ↓ -44%
Cigna All_Plans $1,449.55 ↓ -24%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $1,523.84 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $1,532.89 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $1,532.89 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $1,547.65 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $1,547.65 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $1,547.65 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $1,547.65 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $1,547.65 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $1,666.70 ↓ -13%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $1,766.67 ↓ -7%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $1,784.34 ↓ -6%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $1,819.67 ↓ -4%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $1,819.67 ↓ -4%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $1,855.00 ↓ -3%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $1,855.00 ↓ -3%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $1,855.00 ↓ -3%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $1,855.00 ↓ -3%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $1,855.00 ↓ -3%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $1,862.95 ↓ -2%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $1,863.84 ↓ -2%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $1,908.00 ↑ +0%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $1,908.00 ↑ +0%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $2,245.28 ↑ +18%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $2,742.76 ↑ +44%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $2,915.01 ↑ +53%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $3,091.67 ↑ +62%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $6,481.21 ↑ +240%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $6,481.21 ↑ +240%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $6,724.12 ↑ +253%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $6,724.12 ↑ +253%
Highmark Performance_Blue $6,724.12 ↑ +253%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $8,101.42 ↑ +325%
Aetna All_Plans $8,754.00 ↑ +360%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $9,629.00 ↑ +406%

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Application skin substitute graft face/scalp/neck/genit/hnd/ft <100 sq cm 1st 25 sq cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,279.80 $219.71 – $1,883.47
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,460.00 $229.93 – $3,485.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $900.60 $88.70 – $1,041.88
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,425.80 $219.71 – $2,536.45
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,992.20 $219.71 – $1,401.85
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,460.00 $229.93 – $2,795.94
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,325.40 $219.71 – $1,883.47
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,325.40 $219.71 – $2,354.33

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