Calcium chloride 100 mg/ml (10 %) intravenous syringe 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

$103.00

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.

$128.75

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.

$22.66 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $109.57 with First_Health_Network — 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
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $22.66 ↓ -78%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $58.02 ↓ -44%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $64.00 ↓ -38%
Cigna All_Plans $78.38 ↓ -24%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $82.40 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $82.89 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $82.89 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $83.69 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $83.69 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $83.69 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $83.69 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $83.69 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $90.13 ↓ -12%
Aetna All_Plans $99.65 ↓ -3%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $109.57 ↑ +6%

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Calcium chloride 100 mg/ml (10 %) intravenous syringe at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital Chambersburg $34.20 $0.02 – $64.00
WellSpan Surgery & Rehabilitation Hospital York PA 17403 $108.20 $64.00 – $64.00
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $46.35 $0.05 – $0.05
WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital Waynesboro $34.20 $7.00 – $64.00
WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital Gettysburg $137.20 $64.00 – $64.00

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