Ghs simple repair 5.1 - 7.5 cm - 12014 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

$1,204.00

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.

$1,505.00

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.

$59.38 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $1,419.22 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
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $59.38 ↓ -95%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $59.38 ↓ -95%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $59.38 ↓ -95%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $59.38 ↓ -95%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $59.38 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $67.45 ↓ -94%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $161.50 ↓ -87%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $193.82 ↓ -84%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $197.66 ↓ -84%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $197.66 ↓ -84%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $201.50 ↓ -83%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $201.50 ↓ -83%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $201.50 ↓ -83%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $201.50 ↓ -83%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $201.50 ↓ -83%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $202.36 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $202.45 ↓ -83%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $207.25 ↓ -83%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $207.25 ↓ -83%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $264.88 ↓ -78%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $297.92 ↓ -75%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $316.64 ↓ -74%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $335.83 ↓ -72%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $678.24 ↓ -44%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $704.00 ↓ -42%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $704.00 ↓ -42%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $730.39 ↓ -39%
Highmark Performance_Blue $730.39 ↓ -39%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $730.39 ↓ -39%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $880.00 ↓ -27%
Cigna All_Plans $916.24 ↓ -24%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $963.20 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $968.92 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $968.92 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $978.25 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $978.25 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $978.25 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $978.25 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $978.25 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $1,053.50 ↓ -13%
Aetna All_Plans $1,164.87 ↓ -3%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $1,280.76 ↑ +6%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,419.22 ↑ +18%

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Ghs simple repair 5.1 - 7.5 cm - 12014 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $518.40 $47.50 – $691.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $454.20 $49.88 – $681.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $808.20 $60.33 – $1,144.95
UPMC Cole Coudersport $609.60 $49.88 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $808.20 $60.33 – $1,144.95
UPMC East Monroeville $856.80 $52.25 – $1,142.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $880.20 $52.25 – $293.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $610.80 $52.25 – $300.42

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