Ndl emg musc 1 xtr/non-limb 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

$249.60

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.

$312.00

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.

$21.58 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $570.87 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
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $21.58 ↓ -91%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $35.99 ↓ -86%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $35.99 ↓ -86%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $35.99 ↓ -86%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $35.99 ↓ -86%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $40.88 ↓ -84%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $54.91 ↓ -78%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $97.89 ↓ -61%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $125.73 ↓ -50%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $128.22 ↓ -49%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $128.22 ↓ -49%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $130.71 ↓ -48%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $130.71 ↓ -48%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $130.71 ↓ -48%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $130.71 ↓ -48%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $130.71 ↓ -48%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $131.27 ↓ -47%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $131.34 ↓ -47%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $134.45 ↓ -46%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $134.45 ↓ -46%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $140.61 ↓ -44%
Cigna All_Plans $183.80 ↓ -26%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $193.27 ↓ -23%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $199.68 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $200.87 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $200.87 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $202.80 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $202.80 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $202.80 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $202.80 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $202.80 ↓ -19%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $205.41 ↓ -18%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $217.86 ↓ -13%
PHC All_Plans $218.40 ↓ -13%
Aetna All_Plans $241.49 ↓ -3%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $265.51 ↑ +6%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $294.22 ↑ +18%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $456.70 ↑ +83%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $456.70 ↑ +83%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $473.82 ↑ +90%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $473.82 ↑ +90%
Highmark Performance_Blue $473.82 ↑ +90%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $570.87 ↑ +129%

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Ndl emg musc 1 xtr/non-limb at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $359.40 $17.10 – $479.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $247.80 $22.61 – $351.05
UPMC Cole Coudersport $55.80 $11.64 – $89.51
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $247.80 $22.61 – $351.05
UPMC East Monroeville $160.80 $24.92 – $214.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $163.80 $24.68 – $153.18
UPMC Northwest Seneca $165.00 $31.67 – $129.03
UPMC Hanover Hanover $247.80 $22.61 – $197.02

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