Mthfr gene analy common variants 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

$272.00

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.

$340.00

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.

$32.67 with Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid vs $299.63 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 $32.67 ↓ -88%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $49.01 ↓ -82%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $59.84 ↓ -78%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $65.34 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $65.99 ↓ -76%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $68.61 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $68.61 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $68.61 ↓ -75%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $68.61 ↓ -75%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $68.61 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $68.90 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $68.93 ↓ -75%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $70.57 ↓ -74%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $70.57 ↓ -74%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $101.44 ↓ -63%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $107.81 ↓ -60%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $114.35 ↓ -58%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $153.22 ↓ -44%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $196.02 ↓ -28%
Cigna All_Plans $216.99 ↓ -20%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $217.60 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $218.89 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $218.89 ↓ -20%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $221.00 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $221.00 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $221.00 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $221.00 ↓ -19%
Tower Health All_Plans $221.00 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $238.00 ↓ -13%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $239.71 ↓ -12%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $239.71 ↓ -12%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $248.69 ↓ -9%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $248.69 ↓ -9%
Highmark Performance_Blue $248.69 ↓ -9%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $296.64 ↑ +9%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $299.63 ↑ +10%

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Mthfr gene analy common variants at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $325.20 $64.58 – $433.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $357.60 $23.57 – $536.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $378.60 $35.94 – $536.35
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $378.60 $52.22 – $536.35
UPMC East Monroeville $357.60 $51.34 – $476.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $408.60 $59.55 – $81.73
UPMC Northwest Seneca $357.60 $51.82 – $70.57
UPMC Hanover Hanover $378.60 $52.22 – $186.65

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