Hepatitis c antibody 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

$55.00

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.

$74.00

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.

$13.02 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $65.44 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
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $13.02 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $14.41 ↓ -74%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $14.70 ↓ -73%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $14.70 ↓ -73%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $14.98 ↓ -73%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $14.98 ↓ -73%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $14.98 ↓ -73%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $14.98 ↓ -73%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $14.98 ↓ -73%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $15.05 ↓ -73%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $15.05 ↓ -73%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $15.41 ↓ -72%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $15.41 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $19.00 ↓ -65%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $22.15 ↓ -60%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $23.55 ↓ -57%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $23.75 ↓ -57%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $23.75 ↓ -57%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $23.75 ↓ -57%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $23.75 ↓ -57%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $23.75 ↓ -57%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $24.97 ↓ -55%
PHC All_Plans $29.60 ↓ -46%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $33.35 ↓ -39%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $42.81 ↓ -22%
Cigna All_Plans $47.23 ↓ -14%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $47.64 ↓ -13%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $47.64 ↓ -13%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $48.10 ↓ -13%
Tower Health All_Plans $48.10 ↓ -13%
Geisinger All_Plans $48.10 ↓ -13%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $48.10 ↓ -13%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $48.10 ↓ -13%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $52.35 ↓ -5%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $52.35 ↓ -5%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $54.31 ↓ -1%
Highmark Performance_Blue $54.31 ↓ -1%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $54.31 ↓ -1%
Aetna All_Plans $58.94 ↑ +7%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $61.00 ↑ +11%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $64.60 ↑ +17%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $64.79 ↑ +18%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $65.44 ↑ +19%

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Hepatitis c antibody at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $130.20 $14.10 – $173.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $100.20 $5.15 – $150.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $108.00 $14.13 – $153.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $129.60 $9.28 – $172.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $108.00 $14.13 – $153.00
UPMC East Monroeville $283.20 $14.10 – $377.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $138.00 $14.10 – $36.67
UPMC Northwest Seneca $90.60 $12.94 – $21.85

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