Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr 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

$100.60

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$125.75

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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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$18.72 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $86.98 with PHC — 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

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
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $18.72 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $19.72 ↓ -80%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $19.72 ↓ -80%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $19.72 ↓ -80%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $19.72 ↓ -80%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $20.90 ↓ -79%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $21.87 ↓ -78%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $55.99 ↓ -44%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $57.73 ↓ -43%
Aetna All_Plans $59.95 ↓ -40%
Cigna All_Plans $64.26 ↓ -36%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $65.94 ↓ -34%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $79.99 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $79.99 ↓ -20%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $80.48 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $80.76 ↓ -20%
Geisinger All_Plans $80.76 ↓ -20%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $80.76 ↓ -20%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $80.76 ↓ -20%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $80.76 ↓ -20%
PHC All_Plans $86.98 ↓ -14%

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Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $188.80 $6.23 – $188.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $347.20 $6.23 – $390.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $82.80 $3.15 – $33.03
UPMC Cole Coudersport $163.20 $9.86 – $69.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $82.80 $4.60 – $73.48
UPMC East Monroeville $264.00 $6.23 – $264.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $24.80 $6.23 – $44.13
UPMC Northwest Seneca $227.20 $6.23 – $114.53

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