Rem endovas vena cava filter at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
169 Martin Ave, Ephrata, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1083615587
$5,162.40
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.
$6,453.00
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.
$369.78 with Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid vs $13,939.89 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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| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $369.78 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $1,005.79 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $1,135.73 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $2,908.11 | ↓ -44% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $3,039.86 | ↓ -41% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,070.26 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,131.06 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,131.06 | ↓ -39% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,191.85 | ↓ -38% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,191.85 | ↓ -38% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $3,191.85 | ↓ -38% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $3,191.85 | ↓ -38% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $3,191.85 | ↓ -38% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,205.53 | ↓ -38% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,207.05 | ↓ -38% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,283.05 | ↓ -36% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $3,283.05 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $3,928.59 | ↓ -24% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $4,129.92 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $4,154.44 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $4,154.44 | ↓ -20% |
| Tower Health | All_Plans | $4,194.45 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $4,194.45 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $4,194.45 | ↓ -19% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $4,194.45 | ↓ -19% |
| Independence_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $4,194.45 | ↓ -19% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $4,517.10 | ↓ -13% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $4,719.38 | ↓ -9% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $5,015.77 | ↓ -3% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $5,319.76 | ↑ +3% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $6,085.18 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $10,638.00 | ↑ +106% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $11,152.03 | ↑ +116% |
| Highmark | My_Priority_Blue_Flex | $11,152.03 | ↑ +116% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $11,570.01 | ↑ +124% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $11,570.01 | ↑ +124% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $11,570.01 | ↑ +124% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $11,702.00 | ↑ +127% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $13,939.89 | ↑ +170% |
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Rem endovas vena cava filter at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $4,810.80 | $2,027.30 – $6,414.40 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $5,819.40 | $1,016.56 – $8,244.15 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $5,819.40 | $1,016.56 – $8,281.62 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $9,767.40 | $2,046.60 – $13,023.20 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $7,189.20 | $2,027.30 – $4,364.40 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $12,835.80 | $2,346.68 – $3,240.82 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $5,819.40 | $1,016.56 – $8,281.62 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $4,217.40 | $892.40 – $4,051.03 |