IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion 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

$330.40

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.

$413.00

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.

$14.28 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $389.46 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 $14.28 ↓ -96%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $14.29 ↓ -96%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $14.29 ↓ -96%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $14.29 ↓ -96%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $14.29 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $16.23 ↓ -95%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $38.86 ↓ -88%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $72.69 ↓ -78%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $186.12 ↓ -44%
Cigna All_Plans $251.43 ↓ -24%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $264.32 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $265.89 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $265.89 ↓ -20%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $268.45 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $268.45 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $268.45 ↓ -19%
Tower Health All_Plans $268.45 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $268.45 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $289.10 ↓ -13%
Aetna All_Plans $319.66 ↓ -3%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $351.46 ↑ +6%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $389.46 ↑ +18%

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $369.60 $11.43 – $492.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $168.00 $12.00 – $252.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $325.20 $14.52 – $460.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $108.00 $12.00 – $50.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $325.20 $14.52 – $460.70
UPMC East Monroeville $241.20 $12.57 – $321.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $305.40 $12.57 – $51.56
UPMC Northwest Seneca $133.20 $12.57 – $109.56

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