Ghs corneal fb without slit lamp bilat 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

$1,024.80

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.

$1,281.00

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.

$33.13 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $1,767.28 with Highmark — 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
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $33.13 ↓ -97%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $33.13 ↓ -97%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $33.13 ↓ -97%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $33.13 ↓ -97%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $33.13 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $37.63 ↓ -96%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $90.10 ↓ -91%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $225.46 ↓ -78%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $389.24 ↓ -62%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $396.95 ↓ -61%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $396.95 ↓ -61%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $404.66 ↓ -61%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $404.66 ↓ -61%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $404.66 ↓ -61%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $404.66 ↓ -61%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $404.66 ↓ -61%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $406.39 ↓ -60%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $406.59 ↓ -60%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $416.22 ↓ -59%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $416.22 ↓ -59%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $577.30 ↓ -44%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $598.32 ↓ -42%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $635.89 ↓ -38%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $674.43 ↓ -34%
Cigna All_Plans $779.87 ↓ -24%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $819.84 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $824.71 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $824.71 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $832.65 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $832.65 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $832.65 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $832.65 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $832.65 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $896.70 ↓ -13%
Aetna All_Plans $991.49 ↓ -3%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $1,090.13 ↑ +6%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,207.98 ↑ +18%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $1,413.84 ↑ +38%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $1,413.84 ↑ +38%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $1,466.83 ↑ +43%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $1,466.83 ↑ +43%
Highmark Performance_Blue $1,466.83 ↑ +43%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $1,767.28 ↑ +72%

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Ghs corneal fb without slit lamp bilat at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $408.60 $26.50 – $544.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $210.00 $27.82 – $315.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $606.00 $33.66 – $1,011.32
UPMC Cole Coudersport $220.20 $27.82 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $606.00 $33.66 – $1,011.32
UPMC East Monroeville $388.80 $29.15 – $518.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $405.00 $29.15 – $553.32
UPMC Northwest Seneca $280.20 $29.15 – $399.46

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