Ghs layer closure 2.5 cm or less - 12041 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

$1,152.00

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.

$1,440.00

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.

$30.63 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $1,769.48 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
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $30.63 ↓ -97%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $30.63 ↓ -97%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $30.63 ↓ -97%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $30.63 ↓ -97%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $30.63 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $34.79 ↓ -97%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $83.30 ↓ -93%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $253.44 ↓ -78%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $389.73 ↓ -66%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $397.45 ↓ -65%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $397.45 ↓ -65%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $405.16 ↓ -65%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $405.16 ↓ -65%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $405.16 ↓ -65%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $405.16 ↓ -65%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $405.16 ↓ -65%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $406.90 ↓ -65%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $407.09 ↓ -65%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $416.74 ↓ -64%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $416.74 ↓ -64%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $599.06 ↓ -48%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $636.69 ↓ -45%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $648.95 ↓ -44%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $675.27 ↓ -41%
Cigna All_Plans $876.67 ↓ -24%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $921.60 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $927.07 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $927.07 ↓ -20%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $936.00 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $936.00 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $936.00 ↓ -19%
Tower Health All_Plans $936.00 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $936.00 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $1,008.00 ↓ -13%
Aetna All_Plans $1,114.56 ↓ -3%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $1,225.44 ↑ +6%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,357.92 ↑ +18%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $1,415.60 ↑ +23%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $1,415.60 ↑ +23%
Highmark Performance_Blue $1,468.66 ↑ +27%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $1,468.66 ↑ +27%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $1,468.66 ↑ +27%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $1,769.48 ↑ +54%

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Ghs layer closure 2.5 cm or less - 12041 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $574.80 $24.50 – $766.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $289.20 $25.73 – $433.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $520.80 $31.11 – $737.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $745.20 $25.73 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $520.80 $31.11 – $737.80
UPMC East Monroeville $543.60 $26.95 – $724.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $539.40 $26.95 – $554.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $388.80 $26.95 – $399.94

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