Ghs incision thrombosed ext hemorrhoid 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

$2,182.40

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.

$2,728.00

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.

$51.25 with Geisinger_Medicaid vs $2,572.50 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
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $51.25 ↓ -98%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $51.25 ↓ -98%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $51.25 ↓ -98%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $51.25 ↓ -98%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $51.25 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $58.22 ↓ -97%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $139.40 ↓ -94%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $237.24 ↓ -89%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $241.94 ↓ -89%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $241.94 ↓ -89%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $246.63 ↓ -89%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $246.63 ↓ -89%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $246.63 ↓ -89%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $246.63 ↓ -89%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $246.63 ↓ -89%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $247.69 ↓ -89%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $247.81 ↓ -89%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $253.68 ↓ -88%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $253.68 ↓ -88%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $364.67 ↓ -83%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $387.57 ↓ -82%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $411.06 ↓ -81%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $480.13 ↓ -78%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $861.72 ↓ -61%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $861.72 ↓ -61%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $894.01 ↓ -59%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $894.01 ↓ -59%
Highmark Performance_Blue $894.01 ↓ -59%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $1,077.14 ↓ -51%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $1,229.40 ↓ -44%
Cigna All_Plans $1,660.81 ↓ -24%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $1,745.92 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $1,756.29 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $1,756.29 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $1,773.20 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $1,773.20 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $1,773.20 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $1,773.20 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $1,773.20 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $1,909.60 ↓ -13%
Aetna All_Plans $2,111.47 ↓ -3%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $2,321.53 ↑ +6%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $2,572.50 ↑ +18%

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Ghs incision thrombosed ext hemorrhoid at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $909.00 $41.00 – $1,212.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $808.80 $43.05 – $1,213.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $520.80 $52.07 – $1,016.56
UPMC Cole Coudersport $557.40 $38.25 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $520.80 $52.07 – $1,016.56
UPMC East Monroeville $543.60 $45.10 – $724.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $539.40 $45.10 – $337.24
UPMC Northwest Seneca $745.20 $45.10 – $243.46

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