Mayo activated protein c resistance assay 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

$80.00

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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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$100.00

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 $70.25 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
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $15.47 ↓ -81%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $15.78 ↓ -80%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $15.78 ↓ -80%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $16.09 ↓ -80%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $16.09 ↓ -80%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $16.09 ↓ -80%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $16.09 ↓ -80%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $16.09 ↓ -80%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $16.15 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $16.16 ↓ -80%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $16.55 ↓ -79%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $16.55 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $16.94 ↓ -79%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $17.60 ↓ -78%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $21.17 ↓ -74%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $21.18 ↓ -74%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $21.18 ↓ -74%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $21.18 ↓ -74%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $21.18 ↓ -74%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $23.78 ↓ -70%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $25.28 ↓ -68%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $26.81 ↓ -66%
PHC All_Plans $40.00 ↓ -50%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $45.07 ↓ -44%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $45.96 ↓ -43%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $56.20 ↓ -30%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $56.20 ↓ -30%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $57.60 ↓ -28%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $58.31 ↓ -27%
Highmark Performance_Blue $58.31 ↓ -27%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $58.31 ↓ -27%
Aetna All_Plans $63.27 ↓ -21%
Cigna All_Plans $63.82 ↓ -20%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $64.00 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $64.38 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $64.38 ↓ -20%
Geisinger All_Plans $65.00 ↓ -19%
Tower Health All_Plans $65.00 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $65.00 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $65.00 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $65.00 ↓ -19%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $69.55 ↓ -13%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $70.25 ↓ -12%

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Mayo activated protein c resistance assay at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $253.20 $15.14 – $337.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $100.20 $5.53 – $150.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $77.40 $15.17 – $109.65
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $77.40 $15.17 – $109.65
UPMC East Monroeville $316.20 $15.14 – $421.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $661.20 $15.14 – $40.69
UPMC Northwest Seneca $102.60 $13.89 – $19.48
UPMC Hanover Hanover $77.40 $15.17 – $24.51

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