Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
169 Martin Ave, Ephrata, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1083615587
$617.60
Cash price 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.
$772.00
Gross charge 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.
$61.51 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $2,711.07 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $61.51 | ↓ -90% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $61.51 | ↓ -90% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $61.51 | ↓ -90% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $61.51 | ↓ -90% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $61.51 | ↓ -90% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $69.88 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $135.87 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $167.31 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $347.91 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $469.99 | ↓ -24% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $494.08 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $497.01 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $497.01 | ↓ -20% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $501.80 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $501.80 | ↓ -19% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $501.80 | ↓ -19% |
| Tower Health | All_Plans | $501.80 | ↓ -19% |
| Independence_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $501.80 | ↓ -19% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $540.40 | ↓ -13% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $597.11 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $597.53 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $608.94 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $608.94 | ↓ -1% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $620.76 | ↑ +1% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $620.76 | ↑ +1% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $620.76 | ↑ +1% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $620.76 | ↑ +1% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $620.76 | ↑ +1% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $623.42 | ↑ +1% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $623.72 | ↑ +1% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $638.50 | ↑ +3% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $638.50 | ↑ +3% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $656.97 | ↑ +6% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $728.00 | ↑ +18% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $917.84 | ↑ +49% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $975.48 | ↑ +58% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $1,034.60 | ↑ +68% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $2,168.88 | ↑ +251% |
| Highmark | My_Priority_Blue_Flex | $2,168.88 | ↑ +251% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $2,250.17 | ↑ +264% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $2,250.17 | ↑ +264% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $2,250.17 | ↑ +264% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $2,711.07 | ↑ +339% |
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Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $613.80 | $49.21 – $818.40 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $588.60 | $51.67 – $882.90 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $1,227.00 | $62.50 – $1,738.25 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $87.60 | $40.47 – $2,325.85 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $823.80 | $54.13 – $1,098.40 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $857.40 | $54.13 – $848.80 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $1,227.00 | $62.50 – $1,016.56 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $394.80 | $54.13 – $892.40 |