Guided cath fluid drainage 10030 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

$8,240.80

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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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$10,301.00

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.

$156.60 with Geisinger_Medicaid vs $9,713.84 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 $156.60 ↓ -98%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $156.60 ↓ -98%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $156.60 ↓ -98%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $156.60 ↓ -98%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $156.60 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $177.90 ↓ -98%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $425.95 ↓ -95%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $686.33 ↓ -92%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $699.92 ↓ -92%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $699.92 ↓ -92%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $713.51 ↓ -91%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $713.51 ↓ -91%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $713.51 ↓ -91%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $713.51 ↓ -91%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $713.51 ↓ -91%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $716.56 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $716.90 ↓ -91%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $733.89 ↓ -91%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $733.89 ↓ -91%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $1,054.97 ↓ -87%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $1,121.22 ↓ -86%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $1,189.18 ↓ -86%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $1,812.98 ↓ -78%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $2,492.92 ↓ -70%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $2,492.92 ↓ -70%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $2,586.36 ↓ -69%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $2,586.36 ↓ -69%
Highmark Performance_Blue $2,586.36 ↓ -69%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $3,116.12 ↓ -62%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $4,642.25 ↓ -44%
Cigna All_Plans $6,271.25 ↓ -24%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $6,592.64 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $6,631.78 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $6,631.78 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $6,695.65 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $6,695.65 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $6,695.65 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $6,695.65 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $6,695.65 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $7,210.70 ↓ -13%
Aetna All_Plans $8,754.00 ↑ +6%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $9,629.00 ↑ +17%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $9,713.84 ↑ +18%

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Guided cath fluid drainage 10030 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,907.20 $125.28 – $5,209.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $4,608.60 $159.11 – $6,528.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,608.60 $164.12 – $6,528.85
UPMC East Monroeville $1,181.40 $137.81 – $1,575.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,451.40 $137.81 – $1,036.64
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,473.60 $137.81 – $1,036.64
UPMC Hanover Hanover $4,608.60 $159.11 – $1,084.86
UPMC Jameson New Castle $2,690.40 $137.81 – $1,036.64

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