Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
169 Martin Ave, Ephrata, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1083615587
$65.00
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.
$99.00
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.
$17.00 with Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid vs $86.94 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 | $17.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $17.42 | ↓ -73% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $19.15 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $19.53 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $19.53 | ↓ -70% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $19.91 | ↓ -69% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $19.91 | ↓ -69% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $19.91 | ↓ -69% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $19.91 | ↓ -69% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $19.91 | ↓ -69% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $19.99 | ↓ -69% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $20.00 | ↓ -69% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $20.48 | ↓ -68% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $20.48 | ↓ -68% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $21.25 | ↓ -67% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $21.25 | ↓ -67% |
| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $21.25 | ↓ -67% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $21.25 | ↓ -67% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $21.25 | ↓ -67% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $29.44 | ↓ -55% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $31.28 | ↓ -52% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $33.18 | ↓ -49% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $39.60 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $44.62 | ↓ -31% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $56.88 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $57.80 | ↓ -11% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $63.18 | ↓ -3% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $63.36 | ↓ -3% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $63.74 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $63.74 | ↓ -2% |
| Independence_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $64.35 | ↓ -1% |
| Tower Health | All_Plans | $64.35 | ↓ -1% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $64.35 | ↓ -1% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $64.35 | ↓ -1% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $64.35 | ↓ -1% |
| Highmark | My_Priority_Blue_Flex | $69.56 | ↑ +7% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $69.56 | ↑ +7% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $72.16 | ↑ +11% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $72.16 | ↑ +11% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $72.16 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $78.30 | ↑ +20% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $86.08 | ↑ +32% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $86.94 | ↑ +34% |
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Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $201.60 | $17.00 – $268.80 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $91.20 | $6.84 – $136.80 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $96.60 | $16.88 – $136.85 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $129.60 | $12.32 – $172.80 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $96.60 | $16.60 – $113.74 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $283.20 | $17.00 – $377.60 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $241.20 | $17.00 – $36.60 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $96.60 | $17.19 – $20.48 |