Screening hepatitis c antibody high risk at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital

169 Martin Ave, Ephrata, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1083615587

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$206.40

Cash price

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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.

$258.00

Gross charge

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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.

$19.00 with Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid vs $212.55 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $19.00 ↓ -91%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $23.75 ↓ -88%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $23.75 ↓ -88%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $23.75 ↓ -88%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $23.75 ↓ -88%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $23.75 ↓ -88%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $45.41 ↓ -78%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $46.81 ↓ -77%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $47.74 ↓ -77%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $47.74 ↓ -77%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $48.67 ↓ -76%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $48.67 ↓ -76%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $48.67 ↓ -76%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $48.67 ↓ -76%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $48.67 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $48.88 ↓ -76%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $48.90 ↓ -76%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $50.06 ↓ -76%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $50.06 ↓ -76%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $64.60 ↓ -69%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $71.96 ↓ -65%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $76.48 ↓ -63%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $81.11 ↓ -61%
PHC All_Plans $103.20 ↓ -50%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $116.27 ↓ -44%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $139.05 ↓ -33%
Cigna All_Plans $164.66 ↓ -20%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $165.12 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $166.10 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $166.10 ↓ -20%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $167.70 ↓ -19%
Tower Health All_Plans $167.70 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $167.70 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $167.70 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $167.70 ↓ -19%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $170.04 ↓ -18%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $170.04 ↓ -18%
Highmark Performance_Blue $176.41 ↓ -15%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $176.41 ↓ -15%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $176.41 ↓ -15%
Aetna All_Plans $191.43 ↓ -7%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $210.43 ↑ +2%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $212.55 ↑ +3%

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Screening hepatitis c antibody high risk at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $48.00 $9.22 – $64.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $66.60 $16.72 – $99.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $108.00 $19.00 – $153.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $108.00 $19.00 – $153.00
UPMC East Monroeville $42.00 $9.31 – $56.00
UPMC Hanover Hanover $108.00 $19.00 – $74.16
UPMC Lititz Lititz $108.00 $19.00 – $74.16
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $44.40 $9.31 – $50.06

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