Cath place 1st order venous 36011 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

$896.00

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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$1,120.00

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.

$143.13 with Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid vs $6,190.00 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
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $143.13 ↓ -84%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $143.13 ↓ -84%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $143.13 ↓ -84%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $143.13 ↓ -84%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $143.13 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $162.59 ↓ -82%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $197.12 ↓ -78%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $389.30 ↓ -57%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $504.74 ↓ -44%
Cigna All_Plans $681.86 ↓ -24%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $716.80 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $721.06 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $721.06 ↓ -20%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $728.00 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $728.00 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $728.00 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $728.00 ↓ -19%
Tower Health All_Plans $728.00 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $784.00 ↓ -13%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,056.16 ↑ +18%
Aetna All_Plans $5,627.00 ↑ +528%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $6,190.00 ↑ +591%

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Cath place 1st order venous 36011 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,703.20 $114.50 – $4,937.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $3,873.00 $145.41 – $17,298.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $3,910.20 $145.41 – $6,734.26
UPMC Hamot Erie $6,945.60 $125.95 – $1,631.43
UPMC Northwest Seneca $10,167.00 $125.95 – $4,234.19
UPMC Hanover Hanover $3,873.00 $145.41 – $1,016.56
UPMC Lititz Lititz $3,873.00 $145.41 – $1,016.56
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $5,145.00 $125.95 – $1,646.97

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