Tpmt gene com vrnts 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

$360.80

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.

$451.00

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.

$79.38 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $801.63 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 $79.38 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $87.41 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $131.11 ↓ -64%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $174.81 ↓ -52%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $176.56 ↓ -51%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $183.55 ↓ -49%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $183.55 ↓ -49%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $183.55 ↓ -49%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $183.55 ↓ -49%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $183.55 ↓ -49%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $184.34 ↓ -49%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $184.42 ↓ -49%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $188.79 ↓ -48%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $188.79 ↓ -48%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $203.25 ↓ -44%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $271.39 ↓ -25%
Cigna All_Plans $287.83 ↓ -20%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $288.44 ↓ -20%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $288.64 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $290.35 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $290.35 ↓ -20%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $293.15 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $293.15 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $293.15 ↓ -19%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $293.15 ↓ -19%
Tower Health All_Plans $293.15 ↓ -19%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $305.92 ↓ -15%
PHC All_Plans $315.70 ↓ -13%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $524.43 ↑ +45%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $641.31 ↑ +78%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $641.31 ↑ +78%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $665.34 ↑ +84%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $665.34 ↑ +84%
Highmark Performance_Blue $665.34 ↑ +84%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $793.64 ↑ +120%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $801.63 ↑ +122%

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Tpmt gene com vrnts at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $472.80 $110.86 – $630.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,009.80 $96.15 – $1,430.55
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,009.80 $139.69 – $1,430.55
UPMC East Monroeville $477.00 $111.91 – $636.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $477.00 $110.86 – $188.79
UPMC Northwest Seneca $477.00 $158.54 – $188.79
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,009.80 $139.69 – $1,070.05
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $477.00 $156.51 – $188.79

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