Evoked potentials auditory screening automated analysis 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

$77.60

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.

$97.00

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.

$17.07 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $91.47 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
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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
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $17.07 ↓ -78%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $27.69 ↓ -64%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $27.69 ↓ -64%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $27.69 ↓ -64%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $27.69 ↓ -64%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $27.69 ↓ -64%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $29.10 ↓ -63%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $31.45 ↓ -59%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $43.71 ↓ -44%
Cigna All_Plans $59.05 ↓ -24%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $62.08 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $62.45 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $62.45 ↓ -20%
Geisinger All_Plans $63.05 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $63.05 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $63.05 ↓ -19%
Tower Health All_Plans $63.05 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $63.05 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $67.90 ↓ -13%
Aetna All_Plans $75.08 ↓ -3%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $75.31 ↓ -3%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $82.55 ↑ +6%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $91.47 ↑ +18%

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Evoked potentials auditory screening automated analysis at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Hamot Erie $576.00 $20.67 – $60.84
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,386.60 $23.26 – $50.13
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $282.60 $20.87 – $37.75
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $336.60 $20.67 – $37.75
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,386.60 $20.87 – $37.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $154.40 $24.36 – $37.75
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $127.80 $24.36 – $37.75
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital Chambersburg $108.00 $27.69 – $97.20

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