Immunoassay tumor antigen quantitative ca 125 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

$85.00

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$108.00

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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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$19.01 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $95.43 with Highmark — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $19.01 ↓ -78%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $21.02 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $21.43 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $21.43 ↓ -75%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $21.85 ↓ -74%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $21.85 ↓ -74%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $21.85 ↓ -74%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $21.85 ↓ -74%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $21.85 ↓ -74%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $21.94 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $21.95 ↓ -74%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $22.47 ↓ -74%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $22.47 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $23.01 ↓ -73%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $28.76 ↓ -66%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $28.76 ↓ -66%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $28.76 ↓ -66%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $28.76 ↓ -66%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $28.76 ↓ -66%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $32.31 ↓ -62%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $34.34 ↓ -60%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $36.42 ↓ -57%
PHC All_Plans $43.20 ↓ -49%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $48.67 ↓ -43%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $62.43 ↓ -27%
Cigna All_Plans $68.93 ↓ -19%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $69.12 ↓ -19%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $69.53 ↓ -18%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $69.53 ↓ -18%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $70.20 ↓ -17%
Tower Health All_Plans $70.20 ↓ -17%
Geisinger All_Plans $70.20 ↓ -17%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $70.20 ↓ -17%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $70.20 ↓ -17%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $76.34 ↓ -10%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $76.34 ↓ -10%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $78.23 ↓ -8%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $79.20 ↓ -7%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $79.20 ↓ -7%
Highmark Performance_Blue $79.20 ↓ -7%
Aetna All_Plans $85.95 ↑ +1%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $94.48 ↑ +11%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $95.43 ↑ +12%

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Immunoassay tumor antigen quantitative ca 125 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $169.20 $20.57 – $225.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $133.20 $7.51 – $199.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $116.40 $20.60 – $164.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $193.20 $13.53 – $257.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $116.40 $20.60 – $164.90
UPMC East Monroeville $427.20 $20.57 – $569.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $304.80 $20.57 – $55.24
UPMC Northwest Seneca $141.00 $18.87 – $26.46

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