Pressure max expiratory/inspiratory at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
169 Martin Ave, Ephrata, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1083615587
$400.80
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.
$501.00
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.
$88.18 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $692.95 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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| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $88.18 | ↓ -78% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $117.35 | ↓ -71% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $151.11 | ↓ -62% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $152.62 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $155.64 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $155.64 | ↓ -61% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $158.67 | ↓ -60% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $158.67 | ↓ -60% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $158.67 | ↓ -60% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $158.67 | ↓ -60% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $158.67 | ↓ -60% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $159.35 | ↓ -60% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $159.42 | ↓ -60% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $163.20 | ↓ -59% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $163.20 | ↓ -59% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $225.78 | ↓ -44% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $234.60 | ↓ -41% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $249.33 | ↓ -38% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $264.44 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $305.01 | ↓ -24% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $320.64 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $322.54 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $322.54 | ↓ -20% |
| Tower Health | All_Plans | $325.65 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $325.65 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $325.65 | ↓ -19% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $325.65 | ↓ -19% |
| Independence_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $325.65 | ↓ -19% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $350.70 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $387.77 | ↓ -3% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $426.35 | ↑ +6% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $472.44 | ↑ +18% |
| Highmark | My_Priority_Blue_Flex | $554.36 | ↑ +38% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $554.36 | ↑ +38% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $575.14 | ↑ +43% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $575.14 | ↑ +43% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $575.14 | ↑ +43% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $692.95 | ↑ +73% |
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Pressure max expiratory/inspiratory at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $148.80 | $7.04 – $161.10 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $225.00 | $19.54 – $161.10 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $279.00 | $29.01 – $355.30 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $279.00 | $29.01 – $355.30 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $166.20 | $7.11 – $161.10 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $154.80 | $18.28 – $161.10 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $279.00 | $29.01 – $239.15 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $254.40 | $17.09 – $161.10 |