Device intraute mirena 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

$5,896.40

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.

$7,370.50

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.

$885.80 with Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid vs $6,272.30 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
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $885.80 ↓ -85%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $1,103.08 ↓ -81%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $1,107.25 ↓ -81%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $1,107.25 ↓ -81%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $1,107.25 ↓ -81%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $1,107.25 ↓ -81%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $1,297.21 ↓ -78%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $2,211.15 ↓ -63%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $3,011.72 ↓ -49%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $3,321.59 ↓ -44%
Cigna All_Plans $4,336.26 ↓ -26%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $4,664.19 ↓ -21%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $4,717.12 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $4,745.13 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $4,745.13 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $4,790.83 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $4,790.83 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $4,790.83 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $4,790.83 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $4,790.83 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $5,159.35 ↓ -13%
Aetna All_Plans $5,704.77 ↓ -3%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $6,272.30 ↑ +6%

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Device intraute mirena at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,857.60 $645.67 – $4,164.45
UPMC Bedford Everett $3,052.80 $911.00 – $3,279.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $693.60 $158.37 – $1,584.46
UPMC Cole Coudersport $2,488.20 $973.84 – $3,317.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $693.60 $231.20 – $1,075.08
UPMC East Monroeville $3,052.80 $439.89 – $2,942.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,239.20 $645.67 – $3,779.24
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,052.80 $1,675.77 – $1,675.77

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