Ghs init tx 1st degree burn 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

$691.20

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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$864.00

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.

$22.50 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $880.00 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 $22.50 ↓ -97%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $22.50 ↓ -97%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $22.50 ↓ -97%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $22.50 ↓ -97%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $22.50 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $25.56 ↓ -96%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $61.20 ↓ -91%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $152.06 ↓ -78%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $193.82 ↓ -72%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $197.66 ↓ -71%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $197.66 ↓ -71%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $201.50 ↓ -71%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $201.50 ↓ -71%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $201.50 ↓ -71%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $201.50 ↓ -71%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $201.50 ↓ -71%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $202.36 ↓ -71%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $202.45 ↓ -71%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $207.25 ↓ -70%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $207.25 ↓ -70%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $297.92 ↓ -57%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $316.64 ↓ -54%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $335.83 ↓ -51%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $389.37 ↓ -44%
Cigna All_Plans $526.00 ↓ -24%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $552.96 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $556.24 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $556.24 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $561.60 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $561.60 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $561.60 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $561.60 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $561.60 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $604.80 ↓ -13%
Aetna All_Plans $668.74 ↓ -3%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $704.00 ↑ +2%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $704.00 ↑ +2%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $730.39 ↑ +6%
Highmark Performance_Blue $730.39 ↑ +6%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $730.39 ↑ +6%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $735.26 ↑ +6%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $814.75 ↑ +18%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $880.00 ↑ +27%

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Ghs init tx 1st degree burn at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $408.60 $18.00 – $544.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $212.40 $18.90 – $318.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $378.60 $22.86 – $536.35
UPMC Cole Coudersport $225.00 $18.90 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $378.60 $22.86 – $536.35
UPMC East Monroeville $395.40 $19.80 – $527.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $411.60 $19.80 – $275.52
UPMC Northwest Seneca $282.00 $19.80 – $198.91

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