Ot therapeutic activities direct patient contact each 15 minutes 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

$220.80

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.

$276.00

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.

$32.79 with Highmark_Medicare vs $237.64 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.

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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 $32.79 ↓ -85%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $33.12 ↓ -85%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $33.12 ↓ -85%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $33.12 ↓ -85%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $33.12 ↓ -85%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $33.12 ↓ -85%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $33.12 ↓ -85%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $34.78 ↓ -84%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $34.78 ↓ -84%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $34.78 ↓ -84%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $34.93 ↓ -84%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $35.77 ↓ -84%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $44.20 ↓ -80%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $44.35 ↓ -80%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -77%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -77%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -77%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -77%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $50.00 ↓ -77%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $51.42 ↓ -77%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $56.80 ↓ -74%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $57.96 ↓ -74%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $75.60 ↓ -66%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $113.57 ↓ -49%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $121.50 ↓ -45%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $121.50 ↓ -45%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $126.06 ↓ -43%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $126.06 ↓ -43%
Highmark Performance_Blue $126.06 ↓ -43%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $151.88 ↓ -31%
Cigna All_Plans $153.42 ↓ -31%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $161.28 ↓ -27%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $162.24 ↓ -27%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $162.24 ↓ -27%
Tower Health All_Plans $163.80 ↓ -26%
Geisinger All_Plans $163.80 ↓ -26%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $163.80 ↓ -26%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $163.80 ↓ -26%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $163.80 ↓ -26%
PHC All_Plans $176.40 ↓ -20%
Aetna All_Plans $195.05 ↓ -12%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $214.45 ↓ -3%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $237.64 ↑ +8%

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Ot therapeutic activities direct patient contact each 15 minutes at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $113.40 $13.00 – $151.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $75.00 $13.65 – $112.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $80.40 $11.37 – $387.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $81.00 $13.65 – $108.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $80.40 $16.51 – $71.79
UPMC East Monroeville $70.20 $14.30 – $93.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $80.40 $14.30 – $100.11
UPMC Northwest Seneca $63.60 $14.30 – $60.41

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