Fresh frozen plasma frozen within 8 hours of collection each unit 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

$580.00

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.

$725.00

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.

$30.00 with Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid vs $683.68 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
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $30.00 ↓ -95%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $37.50 ↓ -94%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $37.50 ↓ -94%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $37.50 ↓ -94%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $37.50 ↓ -94%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $37.50 ↓ -94%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $84.29 ↓ -85%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $84.29 ↓ -85%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $84.29 ↓ -85%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $85.13 ↓ -85%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $86.82 ↓ -85%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $86.82 ↓ -85%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $88.50 ↓ -85%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $88.50 ↓ -85%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $88.50 ↓ -85%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $88.88 ↓ -85%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $88.93 ↓ -85%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $91.03 ↓ -84%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $91.03 ↓ -84%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $102.00 ↓ -82%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $127.60 ↓ -78%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $130.86 ↓ -77%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $139.08 ↓ -76%
PHC All_Plans $290.00 ↓ -50%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $309.23 ↓ -47%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $309.23 ↓ -47%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $320.82 ↓ -45%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $320.82 ↓ -45%
Highmark Performance_Blue $320.82 ↓ -45%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $326.73 ↓ -44%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $386.53 ↓ -33%
Cigna All_Plans $441.38 ↓ -24%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $464.00 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $466.76 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $466.76 ↓ -20%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $471.25 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $471.25 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $471.25 ↓ -19%
Tower Health All_Plans $471.25 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $471.25 ↓ -19%
Aetna All_Plans $561.15 ↓ -3%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $616.98 ↑ +6%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $683.68 ↑ +18%

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Fresh frozen plasma frozen within 8 hours of collection each unit at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $351.60 $30.00 – $468.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $120.00 $27.40 – $170.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $337.80 $31.50 – $450.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $120.00 $38.10 – $486.25
UPMC East Monroeville $338.40 $33.00 – $451.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $282.60 $33.00 – $146.41
UPMC Northwest Seneca $229.20 $33.00 – $146.41
UPMC Hanover Hanover $120.00 $38.10 – $153.22

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