Electrical stimulation/unattended 97014 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

$184.80

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$231.00

Gross charge

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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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$11.70 with Highmark_Medicare vs $217.83 with United_Healthcare — 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

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 $11.70 ↓ -94%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $11.82 ↓ -94%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $11.82 ↓ -94%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $11.82 ↓ -94%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $11.82 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $11.82 ↓ -94%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $12.41 ↓ -93%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $12.41 ↓ -93%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $12.41 ↓ -93%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $12.46 ↓ -93%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $12.77 ↓ -93%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $18.35 ↓ -90%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $20.69 ↓ -89%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $40.66 ↓ -78%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $43.36 ↓ -77%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $43.36 ↓ -77%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $44.99 ↓ -76%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $44.99 ↓ -76%
Highmark Performance_Blue $44.99 ↓ -76%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -73%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $50.00 ↓ -73%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -73%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -73%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -73%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $54.20 ↓ -71%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $56.80 ↓ -69%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $56.95 ↓ -69%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $69.30 ↓ -63%
Cigna All_Plans $140.63 ↓ -24%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $147.84 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $148.72 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $148.72 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $150.15 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $150.15 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $150.15 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $150.15 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $150.15 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $161.70 ↓ -13%
Aetna All_Plans $178.79 ↓ -3%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $196.58 ↑ +6%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $217.83 ↑ +18%

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Electrical stimulation/unattended 97014 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $135.60 $13.01 – $180.80
UPMC Kane Kane $111.00 $40.74 – $52.22
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $27.00 $21.44 – $40.74
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital Chambersburg $142.40 $11.82 – $325.00
WellSpan Surgery & Rehabilitation Hospital York PA 17403 $142.40 $11.82 – $56.95
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $48.00 $9.01 – $9.87
WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital Waynesboro $142.40 $42.20 – $56.80
WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital Lewisburg $114.60 $11.70 – $152.42

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