Gammaglobulin iga 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

$35.00

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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$49.00

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.

$8.62 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $43.69 with Aetna_Better_Health_Kids — 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 $8.62 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $9.39 ↓ -73%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $9.58 ↓ -73%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $9.58 ↓ -73%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $9.77 ↓ -72%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $9.77 ↓ -72%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $9.77 ↓ -72%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $9.77 ↓ -72%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $9.77 ↓ -72%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $9.81 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $9.81 ↓ -72%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $10.04 ↓ -71%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $10.04 ↓ -71%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $12.85 ↓ -63%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $14.44 ↓ -59%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $15.35 ↓ -56%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $16.06 ↓ -54%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $16.06 ↓ -54%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $16.06 ↓ -54%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $16.06 ↓ -54%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $16.07 ↓ -54%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $16.28 ↓ -53%
PHC All_Plans $19.60 ↓ -44%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $22.08 ↓ -37%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $27.90 ↓ -20%
Cigna All_Plans $31.27 ↓ -11%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $31.36 ↓ -10%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $31.55 ↓ -10%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $31.55 ↓ -10%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $31.85 ↓ -9%
Tower Health All_Plans $31.85 ↓ -9%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $31.85 ↓ -9%
Geisinger All_Plans $31.85 ↓ -9%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $31.85 ↓ -9%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $34.12 ↓ -3%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $34.12 ↓ -3%
Highmark Performance_Blue $35.40 ↑ +1%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $35.40 ↑ +1%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $35.40 ↑ +1%
Aetna All_Plans $38.41 ↑ +10%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $42.22 ↑ +21%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $42.65 ↑ +22%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $43.69 ↑ +25%

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Gammaglobulin iga at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $77.40 $9.19 – $103.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $75.00 $3.36 – $112.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $46.80 $9.21 – $66.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $237.00 $6.05 – $316.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $51.00 $9.21 – $66.30
UPMC East Monroeville $138.60 $9.19 – $174.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $193.20 $9.19 – $17.97
UPMC Northwest Seneca $80.40 $8.43 – $14.78

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