Pr incision & drainage abscess complicated/multiple at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
169 Martin Ave, Ephrata, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1083615587
$1,264.80
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.
$1,581.00
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.
$65.63 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $1,769.48 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.
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 | $65.63 | ↓ -95% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $65.63 | ↓ -95% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $65.63 | ↓ -95% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $65.63 | ↓ -95% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $65.63 | ↓ -95% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $74.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $178.50 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $278.26 | ↓ -78% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $385.87 | ↓ -69% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $389.73 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $397.45 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $397.45 | ↓ -69% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $405.16 | ↓ -68% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $405.16 | ↓ -68% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $405.16 | ↓ -68% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $405.16 | ↓ -68% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $405.16 | ↓ -68% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $406.90 | ↓ -68% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $407.09 | ↓ -68% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $416.74 | ↓ -67% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $416.74 | ↓ -67% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $598.10 | ↓ -53% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $675.27 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $712.49 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $962.51 | ↓ -24% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $1,011.84 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $1,017.85 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $1,017.85 | ↓ -20% |
| Tower Health | All_Plans | $1,027.65 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $1,027.65 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $1,027.65 | ↓ -19% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $1,027.65 | ↓ -19% |
| Independence_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $1,027.65 | ↓ -19% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $1,106.70 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $1,223.69 | ↓ -3% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $1,345.43 | ↑ +6% |
| Highmark | My_Priority_Blue_Flex | $1,415.60 | ↑ +12% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $1,415.60 | ↑ +12% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $1,468.66 | ↑ +16% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $1,468.66 | ↑ +16% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $1,468.66 | ↑ +16% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $1,490.88 | ↑ +18% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $1,769.48 | ↑ +40% |
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Pr incision & drainage abscess complicated/multiple at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $1,336.20 | $52.50 – $1,781.60 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $2,028.60 | $55.12 – $3,042.90 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $856.20 | $66.67 – $1,212.95 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $780.60 | $42.97 – $2,325.85 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $955.80 | $66.67 – $1,212.95 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $1,401.60 | $57.75 – $1,868.80 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $1,413.60 | $57.75 – $554.00 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $1,108.20 | $57.75 – $399.94 |