Debridement bone <= 20 sq cm 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

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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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.

$970.00 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $8,754.00 with Aetna — 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
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $970.00
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $1,101.92
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $1,564.83
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $1,580.48
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $1,611.77
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $1,611.77
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $1,643.07
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $1,643.07
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $1,643.07
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $1,643.07
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $1,643.07
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $1,650.11
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $1,650.90
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $1,690.02
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $1,690.02
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $2,425.49
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $2,738.45
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $5,740.74
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $5,740.74
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $5,955.90
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $5,955.90
Highmark Performance_Blue $5,955.90
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $6,420.00
Highmark All_Other_Plans $7,175.84
Aetna All_Plans $8,754.00
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids not published by hospital
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO not published by hospital
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans not published by hospital
PHC All_Plans not published by hospital
Cigna All_Plans not published by hospital
Geisinger All_Plans not published by hospital
United_Healthcare All_Plans not published by hospital
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids not published by hospital
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents not published by hospital
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans not published by hospital
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans not published by hospital
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans not published by hospital
Tower Health All_Plans not published by hospital

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Debridement bone <= 20 sq cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,656.00 $33.00 – $2,208.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $4,799.40 $34.65 – $7,199.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,320.80 $41.91 – $3,287.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,353.00 $34.65 – $1,041.88
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,320.80 $41.91 – $3,287.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,124.80 $36.30 – $2,246.66
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,359.20 $36.30 – $1,621.93
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,320.80 $41.91 – $2,476.51

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