Replace g/c tube perc at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
169 Martin Ave, Ephrata, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1083615587
$1,808.80
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.
$2,261.00
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.
$63.88 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $6,190.00 with First_Health_Network — 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 | $63.88 | ↓ -96% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $63.88 | ↓ -96% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $63.88 | ↓ -96% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $63.88 | ↓ -96% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $63.88 | ↓ -96% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $72.56 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $173.74 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $397.94 | ↓ -78% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $914.56 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $932.67 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $932.67 | ↓ -48% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $950.78 | ↓ -47% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $950.78 | ↓ -47% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $950.78 | ↓ -47% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $950.78 | ↓ -47% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $950.78 | ↓ -47% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $954.85 | ↓ -47% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $955.30 | ↓ -47% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $977.94 | ↓ -46% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $977.94 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $1,018.94 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $1,376.50 | ↓ -24% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $1,405.79 | ↓ -22% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $1,447.04 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $1,455.63 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $1,455.63 | ↓ -20% |
| Tower Health | All_Plans | $1,469.65 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $1,469.65 | ↓ -19% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $1,469.65 | ↓ -19% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $1,469.65 | ↓ -19% |
| Independence_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $1,469.65 | ↓ -19% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $1,494.08 | ↓ -17% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $1,582.70 | ↓ -13% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $1,584.63 | ↓ -12% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $2,132.12 | ↑ +18% |
| Highmark | My_Priority_Blue_Flex | $3,321.92 | ↑ +84% |
| Highmark | My_Direct_Blue | $3,321.92 | ↑ +84% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $3,446.42 | ↑ +91% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $3,446.42 | ↑ +91% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $3,446.42 | ↑ +91% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $4,152.35 | ↑ +130% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $5,627.00 | ↑ +211% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $6,190.00 | ↑ +242% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $2,872.20 | $51.10 – $3,829.60 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $8,557.80 | $53.66 – $12,836.70 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $3,972.00 | $64.90 – $5,627.00 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $3,972.00 | $68.98 – $5,627.00 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $5,715.00 | $56.21 – $7,620.00 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $2,828.40 | $56.21 – $1,317.78 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $2,695.80 | $56.21 – $1,150.09 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $3,972.00 | $64.90 – $1,433.04 |