Blood typing ag donor ea ag 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

$166.40

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.

$208.00

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.

$2.82 with Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid vs $1,593.16 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
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $2.82 ↓ -98%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $3.52 ↓ -98%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $3.53 ↓ -98%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $3.53 ↓ -98%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $3.53 ↓ -98%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $3.53 ↓ -98%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $9.59 ↓ -94%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $19.05 ↓ -89%
Aetna All_Plans $26.23 ↓ -84%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $28.83 ↓ -83%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $36.61 ↓ -78%
PHC All_Plans $83.20 ↓ -50%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $93.74 ↓ -44%
Cigna All_Plans $132.75 ↓ -20%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $133.12 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $133.91 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $133.91 ↓ -20%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $135.20 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $135.20 ↓ -19%
Tower Health All_Plans $135.20 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $135.20 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $135.20 ↓ -19%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $347.42 ↑ +109%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $347.42 ↑ +109%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $347.42 ↑ +109%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $350.89 ↑ +111%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $357.84 ↑ +115%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $357.84 ↑ +115%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $364.79 ↑ +119%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $364.79 ↑ +119%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $364.79 ↑ +119%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $366.35 ↑ +120%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $366.53 ↑ +120%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $375.21 ↑ +125%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $375.21 ↑ +125%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $539.37 ↑ +224%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $573.24 ↑ +244%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $1,274.55 ↑ +666%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $1,274.55 ↑ +666%
Highmark Performance_Blue $1,322.32 ↑ +695%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $1,322.32 ↑ +695%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $1,322.32 ↑ +695%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $1,593.16 ↑ +857%

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Blood typing ag donor ea ag at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $143.40 $2.82 – $191.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $128.40 $2.29 – $192.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $403.20 $2.82 – $571.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $91.80 $2.96 – $122.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $403.20 $2.82 – $571.20
UPMC East Monroeville $50.40 $2.82 – $67.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $74.40 $2.82 – $420.75
UPMC Northwest Seneca $106.20 $3.10 – $6.67

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