Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
169 Martin Ave, Ephrata, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1083615587
$237.00
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.
$627.00
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.
$64.92 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $602.31 with United_Healthcare — 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 | $64.92 | ↓ -73% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $75.14 | ↓ -68% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $75.14 | ↓ -68% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $75.14 | ↓ -68% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $75.14 | ↓ -68% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $85.36 | ↓ -64% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $103.73 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $105.78 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $105.78 | ↓ -55% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $107.84 | ↓ -54% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $107.84 | ↓ -54% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $107.84 | ↓ -54% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $107.84 | ↓ -54% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $107.84 | ↓ -54% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $108.30 | ↓ -54% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $108.35 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $110.35 | ↓ -53% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $110.92 | ↓ -53% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $110.92 | ↓ -53% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $159.44 | ↓ -33% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $169.46 | ↓ -28% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $179.73 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $204.37 | ↓ -14% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $222.00 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $282.56 | ↑ +19% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $369.37 | ↑ +56% |
| Highmark | My_Priority_Blue_Flex | $376.77 | ↑ +59% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $376.77 | ↑ +59% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $390.89 | ↑ +65% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $390.89 | ↑ +65% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $390.89 | ↑ +65% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $403.66 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $403.66 | ↑ +70% |
| Tower Health | All_Plans | $407.55 | ↑ +72% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $407.55 | ↑ +72% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $407.55 | ↑ +72% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $407.55 | ↑ +72% |
| Independence_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $407.55 | ↑ +72% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $438.90 | ↑ +85% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $470.95 | ↑ +99% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $485.30 | ↑ +105% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $533.58 | ↑ +125% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $602.31 | ↑ +154% |
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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $240.00 | $51.94 – $320.00 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $240.00 | $36.58 – $360.00 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $262.80 | $60.01 – $372.30 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $351.60 | $38.28 – $468.80 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $262.80 | $11.20 – $305.26 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $240.00 | $23.19 – $166.40 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $240.00 | $66.12 – $161.04 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $262.80 | $68.04 – $168.53 |