Apply rigid leg cast 29445 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

$788.80

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.

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.

$986.00

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.

$126.84 with PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid vs $1,176.23 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
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $126.84 ↓ -84%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $126.84 ↓ -84%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $126.84 ↓ -84%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $126.84 ↓ -84%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $126.84 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $144.09 ↓ -82%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $173.54 ↓ -78%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $259.07 ↓ -67%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $264.20 ↓ -67%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $264.20 ↓ -67%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $269.33 ↓ -66%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $269.33 ↓ -66%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $269.33 ↓ -66%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $269.33 ↓ -66%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $269.33 ↓ -66%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $270.48 ↓ -66%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $270.61 ↓ -66%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $277.02 ↓ -65%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $277.02 ↓ -65%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $345.00 ↓ -56%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $398.22 ↓ -50%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $423.23 ↓ -46%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $444.35 ↓ -44%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $448.88 ↓ -43%
Cigna All_Plans $600.28 ↓ -24%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $631.04 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $634.79 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $634.79 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $640.90 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $640.90 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $640.90 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $640.90 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $640.90 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $690.20 ↓ -13%
Aetna All_Plans $763.16 ↓ -3%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $839.09 ↑ +6%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $929.80 ↑ +18%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $941.00 ↑ +19%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $941.00 ↑ +19%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $976.26 ↑ +24%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $976.26 ↑ +24%
Highmark Performance_Blue $976.26 ↑ +24%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $1,176.23 ↑ +49%

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