Ihc/icc per specimen each additional single antibody stain 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

$190.40

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.

$238.00

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.

$41.89 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $374.64 with First_Health_Network — 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 $41.89 ↓ -78%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $42.53 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $51.11 ↓ -73%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $63.89 ↓ -66%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $63.89 ↓ -66%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $63.89 ↓ -66%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $63.89 ↓ -66%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $107.26 ↓ -44%
Cigna All_Plans $151.89 ↓ -20%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $152.32 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $153.22 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $153.22 ↓ -20%
Geisinger All_Plans $154.70 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $154.70 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $154.70 ↓ -19%
Tower Health All_Plans $154.70 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $154.70 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $166.60 ↓ -13%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $173.77 ↓ -9%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $187.62 ↓ -1%
Aetna All_Plans $340.81 ↑ +79%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $374.64 ↑ +97%

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Ihc/icc per specimen each additional single antibody stain at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $141.60 $28.76 – $188.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $141.00 $51.11 – $211.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $157.20 $35.89 – $222.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $193.20 $53.00 – $257.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $157.20 $27.00 – $181.94
UPMC East Monroeville $166.20 $29.03 – $221.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $295.20 $28.76 – $190.62
UPMC Northwest Seneca $272.40 $56.22 – $87.64

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