Implant neuroelectrodes at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
169 Martin Ave, Ephrata, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1083615587
$11,147.20
Cash price 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.
$13,934.00
Gross charge 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.
$157.40 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $29,066.23 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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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $157.40 | ↓ -99% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $157.40 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $428.13 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $2,452.38 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $5,627.00 | ↓ -50% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $6,190.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $6,279.50 | ↓ -44% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $6,338.45 | ↓ -43% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $6,401.83 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $6,528.60 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $6,528.60 | ↓ -41% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $6,655.37 | ↓ -40% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $6,655.37 | ↓ -40% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $6,655.37 | ↓ -40% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $6,655.37 | ↓ -40% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $6,655.37 | ↓ -40% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $6,683.90 | ↓ -40% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $6,687.06 | ↓ -40% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $6,845.53 | ↓ -39% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $6,845.53 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $8,483.02 | ↓ -24% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $8,917.76 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $8,970.71 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $8,970.71 | ↓ -20% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $9,057.10 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $9,057.10 | ↓ -19% |
| Independence_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $9,057.10 | ↓ -19% |
| Tower Health | All_Plans | $9,057.10 | ↓ -19% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $9,057.10 | ↓ -19% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $9,753.80 | ↓ -13% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $9,840.44 | ↓ -12% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $10,458.44 | ↓ -6% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $11,092.29 | ↓ -0% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $13,139.76 | ↑ +18% |
| Highmark | My_Priority_Blue_Flex | $23,253.24 | ↑ +109% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $23,253.24 | ↑ +109% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $24,124.77 | ↑ +116% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $24,124.77 | ↑ +116% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $24,124.77 | ↑ +116% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $29,066.23 | ↑ +161% |
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Implant neuroelectrodes at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $3,015.00 | $545.04 – $6,882.63 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $4,177.20 | $550.23 – $6,882.63 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $3,355.80 | $662.09 – $6,757.50 |
| Uniontown Hospital | Uniontown | $3,621.50 | $245.77 – $12,829.77 |
| WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital | Lewisburg | $19,865.00 | $157.40 – $3,132.86 |