Circumcision (newborn) at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
169 Martin Ave, Ephrata, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1083615587
$392.80
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.
$491.00
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.
$86.42 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $9,072.58 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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| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $86.42 | ↓ -78% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $98.75 | ↓ -75% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $98.75 | ↓ -75% |
| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $98.75 | ↓ -75% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $98.75 | ↓ -75% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $98.75 | ↓ -75% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $112.18 | ↓ -71% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $221.27 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $268.60 | ↓ -32% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $298.92 | ↓ -24% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $314.24 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $316.11 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $316.11 | ↓ -20% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $319.15 | ↓ -19% |
| Independence_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $319.15 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $319.15 | ↓ -19% |
| Tower Health | All_Plans | $319.15 | ↓ -19% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $319.15 | ↓ -19% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $343.70 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $380.03 | ↓ -3% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $417.84 | ↑ +6% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $463.01 | ↑ +18% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $1,998.23 | ↑ +409% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $2,037.80 | ↑ +419% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $2,037.80 | ↑ +419% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $2,077.37 | ↑ +429% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $2,077.37 | ↑ +429% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $2,077.37 | ↑ +429% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $2,077.37 | ↑ +429% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $2,077.37 | ↑ +429% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $2,086.28 | ↑ +431% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $2,087.26 | ↑ +431% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $2,136.73 | ↑ +444% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $2,136.73 | ↑ +444% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $3,071.54 | ↑ +682% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $3,264.44 | ↑ +731% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $3,462.29 | ↑ +781% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $7,258.14 | ↑ +1748% |
| Highmark | My_Priority_Blue_Flex | $7,258.14 | ↑ +1748% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $7,530.18 | ↑ +1817% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $7,530.18 | ↑ +1817% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $7,530.18 | ↑ +1817% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $9,072.58 | ↑ +2210% |
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Circumcision (newborn) at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $1,248.60 | $27.00 – $2,089.72 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $1,219.20 | $100.33 – $3,135.44 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $283.80 | $82.95 – $2,325.85 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $2,149.20 | $86.90 – $2,050.66 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $1,219.20 | $100.33 – $3,131.10 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $593.40 | $31.88 – $2,109.25 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $1,219.20 | $100.33 – $3,148.02 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $2,380.80 | $26.56 – $2,109.25 |