Mayo lacosamide therapeutic drug level 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

$104.00

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.

$130.00

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.

$13.56 with Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid vs $124.32 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
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $13.56 ↓ -87%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $20.33 ↓ -80%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $22.88 ↓ -78%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $27.11 ↓ -74%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $27.38 ↓ -74%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $27.92 ↓ -73%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $27.92 ↓ -73%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $28.47 ↓ -73%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $28.47 ↓ -73%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $28.47 ↓ -73%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $28.47 ↓ -73%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $28.47 ↓ -73%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $28.59 ↓ -73%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $28.60 ↓ -73%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $29.28 ↓ -72%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $29.28 ↓ -72%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $42.09 ↓ -60%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $44.73 ↓ -57%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $47.44 ↓ -54%
PHC All_Plans $52.00 ↓ -50%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $58.59 ↓ -44%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $81.33 ↓ -22%
Cigna All_Plans $82.97 ↓ -20%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $83.20 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $83.69 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $83.69 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $84.50 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $84.50 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $84.50 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $84.50 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $84.50 ↓ -19%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $99.46 ↓ -4%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $99.46 ↓ -4%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $103.18 ↓ -1%
Highmark Performance_Blue $103.18 ↓ -1%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $103.18 ↓ -1%
Aetna All_Plans $111.96 ↑ +8%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $123.08 ↑ +18%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $124.32 ↑ +20%

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Mayo lacosamide therapeutic drug level at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $175.20 $15.17 – $233.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $88.20 $9.78 – $132.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $69.60 $14.91 – $98.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $69.60 $21.67 – $140.84
UPMC East Monroeville $203.40 $15.31 – $271.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $223.20 $15.17 – $29.28
UPMC Northwest Seneca $141.00 $24.59 – $29.28
UPMC Hanover Hanover $69.60 $21.67 – $140.84

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