Inst fibrinolysis agent ini day 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

$840.80

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.

$1,051.00

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.

$72.11 with Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid vs $6,190.00 with First_Health_Network — 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
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $72.11 ↓ -91%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $184.98 ↓ -78%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $196.15 ↓ -77%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $473.64 ↓ -44%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $597.12 ↓ -29%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $603.09 ↓ -28%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $615.03 ↓ -27%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $615.03 ↓ -27%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $626.98 ↓ -25%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $626.98 ↓ -25%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $626.98 ↓ -25%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $626.98 ↓ -25%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $626.98 ↓ -25%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $629.66 ↓ -25%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $629.96 ↓ -25%
Cigna All_Plans $639.85 ↓ -24%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $644.89 ↓ -23%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $644.89 ↓ -23%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $672.64 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $676.63 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $676.63 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $683.15 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $683.15 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $683.15 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $683.15 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $683.15 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $735.70 ↓ -13%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $927.03 ↑ +10%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $985.25 ↑ +17%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $991.09 ↑ +18%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $1,044.96 ↑ +24%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $2,190.59 ↑ +161%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $2,190.59 ↑ +161%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $2,272.70 ↑ +170%
Highmark Performance_Blue $2,272.70 ↑ +170%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $2,272.70 ↑ +170%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $2,738.21 ↑ +226%
Aetna All_Plans $5,627.00 ↑ +569%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $6,190.00 ↑ +636%

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Inst fibrinolysis agent ini day at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $157.20 $222.70 – $222.70
UPMC Hamot Erie $948.00 $141.76 – $857.29
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $760.80 $141.76 – $648.38
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,097.40 $73.84 – $151.65
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $878.40 $141.76 – $648.38
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,236.00 $69.23 – $1,375.80
UPMC Somerset Somerset $157.20 $62.94 – $67.97
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,327.20 $73.84 – $141.76

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