Mayo aathr protein s free 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

$168.00

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.

$210.00

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.

$15.47 with Highmark_Medicare vs $136.50 with Independence_Blue_Cross — 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_Medicare All_Plans $15.47 ↓ -91%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $15.78 ↓ -91%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $15.78 ↓ -91%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $16.09 ↓ -90%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $16.09 ↓ -90%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $16.09 ↓ -90%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $16.09 ↓ -90%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $16.09 ↓ -90%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $16.15 ↓ -90%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $16.16 ↓ -90%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $16.55 ↓ -90%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $16.55 ↓ -90%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $21.18 ↓ -87%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $23.78 ↓ -86%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $25.28 ↓ -85%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $26.48 ↓ -84%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $26.48 ↓ -84%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $26.48 ↓ -84%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $26.48 ↓ -84%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $26.48 ↓ -84%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $26.81 ↓ -84%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $36.96 ↓ -78%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $45.96 ↓ -73%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $56.20 ↓ -67%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $56.20 ↓ -67%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $58.31 ↓ -65%
Highmark Performance_Blue $58.31 ↓ -65%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $58.31 ↓ -65%
Aetna All_Plans $63.27 ↓ -62%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $69.55 ↓ -59%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $70.25 ↓ -58%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $72.01 ↓ -57%
PHC All_Plans $84.00 ↓ -50%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $94.64 ↓ -44%
Cigna All_Plans $134.02 ↓ -20%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $134.40 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $135.20 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $135.20 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $136.50 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $136.50 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $136.50 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $136.50 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $136.50 ↓ -19%

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Mayo aathr protein s free at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $366.60 $15.14 – $488.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $125.40 $5.53 – $188.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $77.40 $15.17 – $109.65
UPMC Cole Coudersport $150.60 $9.96 – $200.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $77.40 $15.17 – $113.34
UPMC East Monroeville $322.20 $15.14 – $429.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $486.60 $15.14 – $41.66
UPMC Northwest Seneca $102.00 $13.89 – $24.36

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