Ghs eeg cont rec w/video by tec min 8 chnls 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

$2,904.00

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.

$3,630.00

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.

$152.62 with Highmark_Medicare vs $3,423.09 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
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $152.62 ↓ -95%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $155.64 ↓ -95%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $155.64 ↓ -95%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $158.67 ↓ -95%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $158.67 ↓ -95%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $158.67 ↓ -95%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $158.67 ↓ -95%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $158.67 ↓ -95%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $159.35 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $159.42 ↓ -95%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $163.20 ↓ -94%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $163.20 ↓ -94%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $234.60 ↓ -92%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $249.33 ↓ -91%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $250.00 ↓ -91%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $250.00 ↓ -91%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $250.00 ↓ -91%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $250.00 ↓ -91%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $250.00 ↓ -91%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $264.44 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $284.00 ↓ -90%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $554.36 ↓ -81%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $554.36 ↓ -81%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $575.14 ↓ -80%
Highmark Performance_Blue $575.14 ↓ -80%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $575.14 ↓ -80%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $638.88 ↓ -78%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $680.00 ↓ -77%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $692.95 ↓ -76%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $1,635.90 ↓ -44%
Cigna All_Plans $2,209.94 ↓ -24%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $2,323.20 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $2,336.99 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $2,336.99 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $2,359.50 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $2,359.50 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $2,359.50 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $2,359.50 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $2,359.50 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $2,541.00 ↓ -13%
Aetna All_Plans $2,809.62 ↓ -3%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $3,089.13 ↑ +6%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $3,423.09 ↑ +18%

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Ghs eeg cont rec w/video by tec min 8 chnls at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $555.00 $152.12 – $740.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $284.40 $64.94 – $402.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,123.20 $210.00 – $1,497.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $284.40 $94.80 – $586.32
UPMC East Monroeville $586.80 $149.57 – $782.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $615.00 $172.16 – $375.76
UPMC Northwest Seneca $586.80 $135.28 – $230.00
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $586.80 $139.61 – $340.84

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