St evaluate speech sound production 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

$412.80

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.

$516.00

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.

$50.00 with PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid vs $486.59 with United_Healthcare — 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
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -88%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -88%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $50.00 ↓ -88%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -88%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $56.80 ↓ -86%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $90.82 ↓ -78%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $104.23 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $105.28 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $105.28 ↓ -74%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $105.28 ↓ -74%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $105.28 ↓ -74%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $105.28 ↓ -74%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $105.28 ↓ -74%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $110.54 ↓ -73%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $110.54 ↓ -73%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $110.54 ↓ -73%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $111.02 ↓ -73%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $113.70 ↓ -72%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $154.80 ↓ -63%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $163.45 ↓ -60%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $184.24 ↓ -55%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $232.54 ↓ -44%
Cigna All_Plans $314.14 ↓ -24%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $330.24 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $332.20 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $332.20 ↓ -20%
Tower Health All_Plans $335.40 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $335.40 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $335.40 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $335.40 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $335.40 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $361.20 ↓ -13%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $386.23 ↓ -6%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $386.23 ↓ -6%
Aetna All_Plans $399.38 ↓ -3%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $400.71 ↓ -3%
Highmark Performance_Blue $400.71 ↓ -3%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $400.71 ↓ -3%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $439.12 ↑ +6%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $482.78 ↑ +17%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $486.59 ↑ +18%

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