Ins/rpl wireless pulm art sensor incl s&i 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

$58,797.60

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.

$73,497.00

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.

$12,935.47 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $125,905.35 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 $12,935.47 ↓ -78%
Aetna All_Plans $15,600.00 ↓ -73%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $17,160.00 ↓ -71%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $21,321.25 ↓ -64%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $27,730.64 ↓ -53%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $28,279.76 ↓ -52%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $28,279.76 ↓ -52%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $28,428.33 ↓ -52%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $28,828.88 ↓ -51%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $28,828.88 ↓ -51%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $28,828.88 ↓ -51%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $28,828.88 ↓ -51%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $28,828.88 ↓ -51%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $28,952.44 ↓ -51%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $28,966.16 ↓ -51%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $29,652.57 ↓ -50%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $29,652.57 ↓ -50%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $33,122.16 ↓ -44%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $42,625.56 ↓ -28%
Cigna All_Plans $44,744.97 ↓ -24%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $45,302.53 ↓ -23%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $47,038.08 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $47,317.37 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $47,317.37 ↓ -20%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $47,773.05 ↓ -19%
Tower Health All_Plans $47,773.05 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $47,773.05 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $47,773.05 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $47,773.05 ↓ -19%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $48,048.14 ↓ -18%
PHC All_Plans $51,447.90 ↓ -13%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $69,307.67 ↑ +18%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $100,725.38 ↑ +71%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $100,725.38 ↑ +71%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $104,500.59 ↑ +78%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $104,500.59 ↑ +78%
Highmark Performance_Blue $104,500.59 ↑ +78%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $125,905.35 ↑ +114%

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Ins/rpl wireless pulm art sensor incl s&i at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $43,233.60 $429.89 – $61,247.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $43,233.60 $429.89 – $61,247.60
UPMC Hanover Hanover $43,233.60 $429.89 – $43,452.13
UPMC Lititz Lititz $43,233.60 $429.89 – $43,686.83
UPMC Memorial York $43,233.60 $168.80 – $43,615.89
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $8,658.00 $209.08 – $29,813.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $10,953.00 $209.08 – $29,813.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $43,233.60 $205.01 – $29,268.53

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