Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
169 Martin Ave, Ephrata, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1083615587
$6,240.00
Cash price 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.
$7,800.00
Gross charge 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.
$347.92 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $7,779.35 with United_Healthcare — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $347.92 | ↓ -94% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $426.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $426.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $426.00 | ↓ -93% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $426.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $483.94 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $957.00 | ↓ -85% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $1,052.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $1,158.72 | ↓ -81% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $1,273.44 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $1,298.65 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $1,298.65 | ↓ -79% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $1,323.87 | ↓ -79% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $1,323.87 | ↓ -79% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $1,323.87 | ↓ -79% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $1,323.87 | ↓ -79% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $1,323.87 | ↓ -79% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $1,329.55 | ↓ -79% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $1,330.18 | ↓ -79% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $1,361.70 | ↓ -78% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $1,361.70 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $1,372.80 | ↓ -78% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $1,957.44 | ↓ -69% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $2,080.37 | ↓ -67% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $2,206.45 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $3,515.15 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $4,212.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark | My_Priority_Blue_Flex | $4,625.48 | ↓ -26% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $4,625.48 | ↓ -26% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $4,798.85 | ↓ -23% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $4,798.85 | ↓ -23% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $4,798.85 | ↓ -23% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $4,992.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $5,021.64 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $5,021.64 | ↓ -20% |
| Tower Health | All_Plans | $5,070.00 | ↓ -19% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $5,070.00 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $5,070.00 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $5,070.00 | ↓ -19% |
| Independence_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $5,070.00 | ↓ -19% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $5,460.00 | ↓ -13% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $5,781.79 | ↓ -7% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $7,779.35 | ↑ +25% |
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Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $2,538.00 | $278.34 – $3,384.00 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $4,323.60 | $357.84 – $6,485.40 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $4,242.60 | $364.63 – $6,010.35 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $1,858.20 | $357.84 – $2,477.60 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $4,242.60 | $121.00 – $2,469.32 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $4,751.40 | $374.88 – $6,335.20 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $5,989.20 | $374.88 – $1,888.73 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $2,641.80 | $374.88 – $1,306.85 |