Blood typing abo at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
169 Martin Ave, Ephrata, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1083615587
$146.00
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.
$242.00
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.
$4.12 with Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid vs $570.87 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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| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $4.12 | ↓ -97% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $5.15 | ↓ -96% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $5.15 | ↓ -96% |
| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $5.15 | ↓ -96% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $5.15 | ↓ -96% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $5.15 | ↓ -96% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $8.97 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $12.35 | ↓ -92% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $13.57 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $14.01 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $42.59 | ↓ -71% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $96.80 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $109.06 | ↓ -25% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $124.49 | ↓ -15% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $124.49 | ↓ -15% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $124.49 | ↓ -15% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $125.73 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $128.22 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $128.22 | ↓ -12% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $130.71 | ↓ -10% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $130.71 | ↓ -10% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $130.71 | ↓ -10% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $131.27 | ↓ -10% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $131.34 | ↓ -10% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $134.45 | ↓ -8% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $134.45 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $154.44 | ↑ +6% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $154.88 | ↑ +6% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $155.80 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $155.80 | ↑ +7% |
| Tower Health | All_Plans | $157.30 | ↑ +8% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $157.30 | ↑ +8% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $157.30 | ↑ +8% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $157.30 | ↑ +8% |
| Independence_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $157.30 | ↑ +8% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $193.27 | ↑ +32% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $205.41 | ↑ +41% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $456.70 | ↑ +213% |
| Highmark | My_Priority_Blue_Flex | $456.70 | ↑ +213% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $473.82 | ↑ +225% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $473.82 | ↑ +225% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $473.82 | ↑ +225% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $570.87 | ↑ +291% |
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Blood typing abo at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $30.60 | $2.96 – $40.80 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $33.00 | $1.08 – $49.50 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $155.40 | $2.96 – $220.15 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $21.60 | $1.94 – $28.80 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $155.40 | $2.96 – $30.60 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $44.40 | $2.96 – $59.20 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $16.80 | $2.96 – $161.87 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $34.80 | $2.71 – $4.74 |