Drvvt confirm - quest 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

$136.00

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.

$170.00

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.

$18.16 with Highmark_Medicare vs $110.50 with Tower Health — 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
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $18.16 ↓ -87%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $18.52 ↓ -86%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $18.52 ↓ -86%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $18.88 ↓ -86%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $18.88 ↓ -86%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $18.88 ↓ -86%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $18.88 ↓ -86%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $18.88 ↓ -86%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $18.96 ↓ -86%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $18.97 ↓ -86%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $19.42 ↓ -86%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $19.42 ↓ -86%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $24.84 ↓ -82%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $27.91 ↓ -79%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $29.67 ↓ -78%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $29.92 ↓ -78%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $31.05 ↓ -77%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $31.05 ↓ -77%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $31.05 ↓ -77%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $31.05 ↓ -77%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $31.05 ↓ -77%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $31.47 ↓ -77%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $53.94 ↓ -60%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $65.96 ↓ -52%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $65.96 ↓ -52%
PHC All_Plans $68.00 ↓ -50%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $68.43 ↓ -50%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $68.43 ↓ -50%
Highmark Performance_Blue $68.43 ↓ -50%
Aetna All_Plans $74.26 ↓ -45%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $76.61 ↓ -44%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $81.63 ↓ -40%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $82.45 ↓ -39%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $84.46 ↓ -38%
Cigna All_Plans $108.49 ↓ -20%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $108.80 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $109.45 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $109.45 ↓ -20%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $110.50 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $110.50 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $110.50 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $110.50 ↓ -19%
Tower Health All_Plans $110.50 ↓ -19%

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Drvvt confirm - quest at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $169.20 $17.78 – $225.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $108.00 $6.49 – $162.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $91.80 $17.80 – $130.05
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $91.80 $17.80 – $146.94
UPMC East Monroeville $370.80 $17.78 – $494.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $154.80 $17.78 – $48.01
UPMC Northwest Seneca $163.80 $16.31 – $28.57
UPMC Hanover Hanover $91.80 $17.80 – $33.83

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