Serpina1 gene 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

$181.60

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.

$227.00

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.

$39.95 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $200.17 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
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $39.95 ↓ -78%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $44.09 ↓ -76%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $45.83 ↓ -75%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $45.83 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $45.83 ↓ -75%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $45.83 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $45.83 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $46.03 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $46.05 ↓ -75%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $47.14 ↓ -74%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $47.14 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $47.57 ↓ -74%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $59.46 ↓ -67%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $59.46 ↓ -67%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $59.46 ↓ -67%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $59.46 ↓ -67%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $59.47 ↓ -67%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $67.77 ↓ -63%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $72.02 ↓ -60%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $76.39 ↓ -58%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $102.30 ↓ -44%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $130.95 ↓ -28%
Cigna All_Plans $144.87 ↓ -20%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $145.28 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $146.14 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $146.14 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $147.55 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $147.55 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $147.55 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $147.55 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $147.55 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $158.90 ↓ -13%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $160.13 ↓ -12%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $160.13 ↓ -12%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $161.74 ↓ -11%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $166.14 ↓ -9%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $166.14 ↓ -9%
Highmark Performance_Blue $166.14 ↓ -9%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $198.17 ↑ +9%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $200.17 ↑ +10%

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Serpina1 gene at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $330.00 $43.14 – $426.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $345.60 $15.75 – $518.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $252.00 $43.21 – $357.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $252.00 $43.21 – $357.00
UPMC East Monroeville $345.60 $43.14 – $460.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $520.80 $43.14 – $79.22
UPMC Northwest Seneca $345.60 $39.59 – $54.71
UPMC Hanover Hanover $252.00 $43.21 – $69.84

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