Parathyrd planar w/spect&ct at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
169 Martin Ave, Ephrata, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1083615587
$2,225.60
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.
$2,782.00
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.
$322.69 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $2,961.19 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 | $322.69 | ↓ -86% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $399.23 | ↓ -82% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $399.23 | ↓ -82% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $399.23 | ↓ -82% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $399.23 | ↓ -82% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $453.52 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $489.63 | ↓ -78% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $525.06 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $535.46 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $535.46 | ↓ -76% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $545.85 | ↓ -75% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $545.85 | ↓ -75% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $545.85 | ↓ -75% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $545.85 | ↓ -75% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $545.85 | ↓ -75% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $548.19 | ↓ -75% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $548.45 | ↓ -75% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $561.45 | ↓ -75% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $561.45 | ↓ -75% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $807.08 | ↓ -64% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $857.77 | ↓ -61% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $909.76 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $957.00 | ↓ -57% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $1,052.00 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $1,085.89 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $1,253.74 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $1,502.28 | ↓ -33% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $1,780.48 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $1,791.05 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $1,791.05 | ↓ -20% |
| Tower Health | All_Plans | $1,808.30 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $1,808.30 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $1,808.30 | ↓ -19% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $1,808.30 | ↓ -19% |
| Independence_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $1,808.30 | ↓ -19% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $1,907.16 | ↓ -14% |
| Highmark | My_Priority_Blue_Flex | $1,907.16 | ↓ -14% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $1,947.40 | ↓ -13% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $1,978.64 | ↓ -11% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $1,978.64 | ↓ -11% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $1,978.64 | ↓ -11% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $2,383.92 | ↑ +7% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $2,961.19 | ↑ +33% |
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Parathyrd planar w/spect&ct at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $728.40 | $258.15 – $971.20 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $1,574.40 | $338.18 – $2,230.40 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $1,574.40 | $338.18 – $2,230.40 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $1,574.40 | $338.18 – $822.74 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $1,574.40 | $338.18 – $827.18 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | $1,574.40 | $234.90 – $825.84 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $2,233.80 | $330.43 – $544.29 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $1,600.80 | $290.95 – $564.50 |