Change cystostomy tube; complex 51710 at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
169 Martin Ave, Ephrata, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1083615587
$1,457.60
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.
$1,822.00
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.
$35.00 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $2,956.13 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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| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $35.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $35.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $35.00 | ↓ -98% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $35.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $35.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $39.76 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $95.20 | ↓ -93% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $320.67 | ↓ -78% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $651.09 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $663.98 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $663.98 | ↓ -54% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $676.87 | ↓ -54% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $676.87 | ↓ -54% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $676.87 | ↓ -54% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $676.87 | ↓ -54% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $676.87 | ↓ -54% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $679.77 | ↓ -53% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $680.10 | ↓ -53% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $696.21 | ↓ -52% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $696.21 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $821.10 | ↓ -44% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $1,000.80 | ↓ -31% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $1,063.66 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $1,109.23 | ↓ -24% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $1,128.12 | ↓ -23% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $1,166.08 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $1,173.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $1,173.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Tower Health | All_Plans | $1,184.30 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $1,184.30 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $1,184.30 | ↓ -19% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $1,184.30 | ↓ -19% |
| Independence_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $1,184.30 | ↓ -19% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $1,275.40 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $1,410.23 | ↓ -3% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $1,550.52 | ↑ +6% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $1,718.15 | ↑ +18% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $2,364.93 | ↑ +62% |
| Highmark | My_Priority_Blue_Flex | $2,364.93 | ↑ +62% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $2,453.56 | ↑ +68% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $2,453.56 | ↑ +68% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $2,453.56 | ↑ +68% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $2,956.13 | ↑ +103% |
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Change cystostomy tube; complex 51710 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $3,378.00 | $28.00 – $4,504.00 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $171.60 | $29.40 – $771.51 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $2,854.80 | $30.80 – $3,806.40 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $3,037.80 | $30.80 – $925.53 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $3,396.00 | $30.80 – $668.17 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $2,706.00 | $30.80 – $1,060.34 |
| UPMC Kane | Kane | $1,152.60 | $30.80 – $567.90 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $2,236.80 | $30.80 – $687.26 |