Fibrin degradation products 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

$87.20

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.

$109.00

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.

$6.96 with Highmark_Medicare vs $70.85 with Independence_Blue_Cross — 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 $6.96 ↓ -92%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $7.10 ↓ -92%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $7.10 ↓ -92%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $7.23 ↓ -92%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $7.23 ↓ -92%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $7.23 ↓ -92%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $7.23 ↓ -92%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $7.23 ↓ -92%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $7.27 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $7.27 ↓ -92%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $7.44 ↓ -91%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $7.44 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $9.52 ↓ -89%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $10.70 ↓ -88%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $11.37 ↓ -87%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $11.90 ↓ -86%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $11.90 ↓ -86%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $11.90 ↓ -86%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $11.90 ↓ -86%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $11.90 ↓ -86%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $12.06 ↓ -86%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $19.18 ↓ -78%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $20.67 ↓ -76%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $25.28 ↓ -71%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $25.28 ↓ -71%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $26.22 ↓ -70%
Highmark Performance_Blue $26.22 ↓ -70%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $26.22 ↓ -70%
Aetna All_Plans $28.46 ↓ -67%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $31.28 ↓ -64%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $31.60 ↓ -64%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $32.37 ↓ -63%
PHC All_Plans $43.60 ↓ -50%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $49.12 ↓ -44%
Cigna All_Plans $69.56 ↓ -20%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $69.76 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $70.17 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $70.17 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $70.85 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $70.85 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $70.85 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $70.85 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $70.85 ↓ -19%

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Fibrin degradation products at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $159.00 $6.81 – $212.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $49.80 $2.49 – $74.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $34.20 $6.82 – $48.45
UPMC Cole Coudersport $49.80 $4.48 – $66.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $34.20 $6.82 – $48.45
UPMC East Monroeville $102.60 $6.81 – $136.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $147.60 $6.81 – $13.29
UPMC Northwest Seneca $45.00 $6.25 – $10.95

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