Ghs pr without cont pulse ox 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

$284.00

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.

$355.00

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.

$29.70 with Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid vs $334.77 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
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $29.70 ↓ -90%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $44.55 ↓ -84%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $57.37 ↓ -80%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $57.94 ↓ -80%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $59.09 ↓ -79%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $59.09 ↓ -79%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $60.24 ↓ -79%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $60.24 ↓ -79%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $60.24 ↓ -79%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $60.24 ↓ -79%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $60.24 ↓ -79%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $60.50 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $60.53 ↓ -79%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $61.96 ↓ -78%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $61.96 ↓ -78%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $62.48 ↓ -78%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $89.07 ↓ -69%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $94.66 ↓ -67%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $100.40 ↓ -65%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $159.98 ↓ -44%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $210.47 ↓ -26%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $210.47 ↓ -26%
Cigna All_Plans $216.12 ↓ -24%
Highmark Performance_Blue $218.36 ↓ -23%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $218.36 ↓ -23%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $218.36 ↓ -23%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $227.20 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $228.55 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $228.55 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $230.75 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $230.75 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $230.75 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $230.75 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $230.75 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $248.50 ↓ -13%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $263.08 ↓ -7%
Aetna All_Plans $274.77 ↓ -3%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $302.11 ↑ +6%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $334.77 ↑ +18%

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Ghs pr without cont pulse ox at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $306.60 $26.60 – $408.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $260.40 $20.43 – $390.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $133.20 $44.40 – $188.70
UPMC Hamot Erie $250.80 $26.60 – $133.48
UPMC Hanover Hanover $133.20 $45.93 – $123.31
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $245.40 $50.70 – $66.18
UPMC Jameson New Castle $245.40 $27.07 – $70.79
UPMC Lititz Lititz $133.20 $45.93 – $123.31

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