Insertion nontunneled centrally inserted central venous catheter >= 5 years old at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
169 Martin Ave, Ephrata, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1083615587
$2,099.20
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.
$2,624.00
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.
$141.51 with PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid vs $13,939.89 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.
Full explanation →
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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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| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $141.51 | ↓ -93% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $141.51 | ↓ -93% |
| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $141.51 | ↓ -93% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $141.51 | ↓ -93% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $141.51 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $160.76 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $384.91 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $461.82 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $1,182.53 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $1,597.49 | ↓ -24% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $1,679.36 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $1,689.33 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $1,689.33 | ↓ -20% |
| Tower Health | All_Plans | $1,705.60 | ↓ -19% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $1,705.60 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $1,705.60 | ↓ -19% |
| Independence_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $1,705.60 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $1,705.60 | ↓ -19% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $1,836.80 | ↓ -13% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $2,474.43 | ↑ +18% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,070.26 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,131.06 | ↑ +49% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,131.06 | ↑ +49% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,191.85 | ↑ +52% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,191.85 | ↑ +52% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $3,191.85 | ↑ +52% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $3,191.85 | ↑ +52% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $3,191.85 | ↑ +52% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,205.53 | ↑ +53% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,207.05 | ↑ +53% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $3,283.05 | ↑ +56% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,283.05 | ↑ +56% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $4,719.38 | ↑ +125% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $5,015.77 | ↑ +139% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $5,319.76 | ↑ +153% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $5,627.00 | ↑ +168% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $6,190.00 | ↑ +195% |
| Highmark | My_Priority_Blue_Flex | $11,152.03 | ↑ +431% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $11,152.03 | ↑ +431% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $11,570.01 | ↑ +451% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $11,570.01 | ↑ +451% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $11,570.01 | ↑ +451% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $13,939.89 | ↑ +564% |
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Insertion nontunneled centrally inserted central venous catheter >= 5 years old at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $1,267.20 | $113.21 – $1,689.60 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $3,445.20 | $118.87 – $5,167.80 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $2,472.00 | $143.78 – $4,817.54 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $1,101.60 | $118.87 – $808.00 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $2,732.40 | $141.00 – $3,312.86 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $2,449.20 | $124.53 – $3,265.60 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $1,284.00 | $124.53 – $4,364.40 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $1,239.00 | $124.53 – $3,150.80 |