Jak2 targeted sequence analysis 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

$605.60

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.

$757.00

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.

$133.23 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $849.27 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.

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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
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $133.23 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $148.16 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $185.20 ↓ -69%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $185.20 ↓ -69%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $185.20 ↓ -69%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $185.20 ↓ -69%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $185.20 ↓ -69%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $187.05 ↓ -69%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $194.46 ↓ -68%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $194.46 ↓ -68%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $194.46 ↓ -68%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $194.46 ↓ -68%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $194.46 ↓ -68%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $195.29 ↓ -68%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $195.39 ↓ -68%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $200.02 ↓ -67%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $200.02 ↓ -67%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $287.52 ↓ -53%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $305.58 ↓ -50%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $324.10 ↓ -46%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $341.15 ↓ -44%
Cigna All_Plans $483.12 ↓ -20%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $484.48 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $487.36 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $487.36 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $492.05 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $492.05 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $492.05 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $492.05 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $492.05 ↓ -19%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $503.74 ↓ -17%
PHC All_Plans $529.90 ↓ -13%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $555.60 ↓ -8%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $679.42 ↑ +12%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $679.42 ↑ +12%
Highmark Performance_Blue $704.89 ↑ +16%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $704.89 ↑ +16%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $704.89 ↑ +16%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $840.81 ↑ +39%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $849.27 ↑ +40%

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Jak2 targeted sequence analysis at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,170.00 $138.26 – $671.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,227.60 $66.82 – $769.50
UPMC East Monroeville $1,227.60 $139.57 – $684.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,266.00 $138.26 – $205.93
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,227.60 $162.98 – $200.02
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,227.60 $148.16 – $223.56
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,227.60 $140.70 – $200.02
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,227.60 $139.57 – $252.49

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