Cystoscopy chemodenervation 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

$1,615.20

Cash price

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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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$2,019.00

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.

$163.42 with UPMC_Medicaid 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.

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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
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $163.42 ↓ -90%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $163.43 ↓ -90%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $163.43 ↓ -90%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $163.43 ↓ -90%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $163.43 ↓ -90%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $185.65 ↓ -89%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $355.34 ↓ -78%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $444.52 ↓ -72%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $909.88 ↓ -44%
Cigna All_Plans $1,189.39 ↓ -26%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $1,292.16 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $1,299.83 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $1,299.83 ↓ -20%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $1,312.35 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $1,312.35 ↓ -19%
Tower Health All_Plans $1,312.35 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $1,312.35 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $1,312.35 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $1,413.30 ↓ -13%
Aetna All_Plans $1,562.71 ↓ -3%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $1,718.17 ↑ +6%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,903.92 ↑ +18%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $1,978.45 ↑ +22%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $1,998.23 ↑ +24%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $2,037.80 ↑ +26%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $2,037.80 ↑ +26%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $2,077.37 ↑ +29%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $2,077.37 ↑ +29%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $2,077.37 ↑ +29%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $2,077.37 ↑ +29%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $2,077.37 ↑ +29%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $2,086.28 ↑ +29%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $2,087.26 ↑ +29%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $2,136.73 ↑ +32%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $2,136.73 ↑ +32%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $3,066.60 ↑ +90%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $3,462.29 ↑ +114%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $7,258.14 ↑ +349%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $7,258.14 ↑ +349%
Highmark Performance_Blue $7,530.18 ↑ +366%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $7,530.18 ↑ +366%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $7,530.18 ↑ +366%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $9,072.58 ↑ +462%

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Cystoscopy chemodenervation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $293.40 $135.55 – $1,041.88
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,871.40 $143.81 – $2,109.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,976.00 $143.81 – $993.28
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $2,459.50 $143.81 – $4,208.25
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $130.74 – $2,109.25
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg not published $176.50 – $4,217.85
UPMC East Monroeville not published $143.81 – $2,148.31
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $143.81 – $2,840.52

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