Interrog dev eval scrms ip 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

$159.20

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.

$199.00

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.

$14.98 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $187.66 with United_Healthcare — 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
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $14.98 ↓ -91%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $23.89 ↓ -85%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $24.36 ↓ -85%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $24.36 ↓ -85%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $24.83 ↓ -84%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $24.83 ↓ -84%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $24.83 ↓ -84%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $24.83 ↓ -84%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $24.83 ↓ -84%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $24.94 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $24.95 ↓ -84%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $25.54 ↓ -84%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $25.54 ↓ -84%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $35.02 ↓ -78%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $36.72 ↓ -77%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $38.18 ↓ -76%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $38.18 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $38.18 ↓ -76%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $38.18 ↓ -76%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $39.02 ↓ -75%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $41.39 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $43.37 ↓ -73%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $86.76 ↓ -46%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $86.76 ↓ -46%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $89.68 ↓ -44%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $90.01 ↓ -43%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $90.01 ↓ -43%
Highmark Performance_Blue $90.01 ↓ -43%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $103.84 ↓ -35%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $108.45 ↓ -32%
Cigna All_Plans $121.15 ↓ -24%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $127.36 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $128.12 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $128.12 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $129.35 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $129.35 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $129.35 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $129.35 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $129.35 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $139.30 ↓ -13%
Aetna All_Plans $154.03 ↓ -3%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $169.35 ↑ +6%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $187.66 ↑ +18%

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Interrog dev eval scrms ip at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $48.00 $22.18 – $64.00
UPMC East Monroeville $192.60 $23.41 – $256.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $183.60 $26.95 – $62.33
UPMC Jameson New Castle $181.80 $13.78 – $62.33
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $174.00 $21.85 – $62.33
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $133.20 $19.46 – $70.73
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $163.80 $21.70 – $72.48
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $649.80 $14.38 – $82.25

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