Insertion single tranvenous electrode/ppm/implantable defibrillator at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
169 Martin Ave, Ephrata, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1083615587
$12,016.00
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.
$15,020.00
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.
$445.85 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $36,653.22 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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| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $445.85 | ↓ -96% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $445.85 | ↓ -96% |
| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $445.85 | ↓ -96% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $445.85 | ↓ -96% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $445.85 | ↓ -96% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $506.49 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $1,212.71 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $2,643.52 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $6,768.91 | ↓ -44% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $8,072.87 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $8,232.73 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $8,232.73 | ↓ -31% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $8,392.59 | ↓ -30% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $8,392.59 | ↓ -30% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $8,392.59 | ↓ -30% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $8,392.59 | ↓ -30% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $8,392.59 | ↓ -30% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $8,428.56 | ↓ -30% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $8,432.55 | ↓ -30% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $8,632.38 | ↓ -28% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $8,632.38 | ↓ -28% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $9,144.18 | ↓ -24% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $9,612.80 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $9,669.88 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $9,669.88 | ↓ -20% |
| Tower Health | All_Plans | $9,763.00 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $9,763.00 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $9,763.00 | ↓ -19% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $9,763.00 | ↓ -19% |
| Independence_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $9,763.00 | ↓ -19% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $10,514.00 | ↓ -13% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $12,409.04 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $12,504.00 | ↑ +4% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $13,188.35 | ↑ +10% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $13,754.00 | ↑ +14% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $13,987.65 | ↑ +16% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $14,163.86 | ↑ +18% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $29,322.90 | ↑ +144% |
| Highmark | My_Priority_Blue_Flex | $29,322.90 | ↑ +144% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $30,421.93 | ↑ +153% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $30,421.93 | ↑ +153% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $30,421.93 | ↑ +153% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $36,653.22 | ↑ +205% |
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Insertion single tranvenous electrode/ppm/implantable defibrillator at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $4,804.80 | $356.68 – $6,406.40 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $11,583.60 | $452.98 – $16,410.10 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $11,583.60 | $452.98 – $16,410.10 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $2,794.80 | $392.35 – $8,284.66 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $4,615.80 | $392.35 – $11,475.67 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $11,583.60 | $452.98 – $12,649.66 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $11,583.60 | $452.98 – $12,718.00 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | $11,583.60 | $452.98 – $12,697.34 |