X-ray sinuses paranasal complete > 3 views 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

$501.60

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.

$627.00

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.

$28.13 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $533.58 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.

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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
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $28.13 ↓ -94%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $42.35 ↓ -92%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $42.35 ↓ -92%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $42.35 ↓ -92%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $42.35 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $48.11 ↓ -90%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $85.89 ↓ -83%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $87.59 ↓ -83%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $87.59 ↓ -83%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $89.29 ↓ -82%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $89.29 ↓ -82%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $89.29 ↓ -82%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $89.29 ↓ -82%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $89.29 ↓ -82%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $89.67 ↓ -82%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $89.72 ↓ -82%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $91.84 ↓ -82%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $91.84 ↓ -82%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $108.00 ↓ -78%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $110.35 ↓ -78%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $115.19 ↓ -77%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $132.02 ↓ -74%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $140.32 ↓ -72%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $148.82 ↓ -70%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $282.56 ↓ -44%
Highmark My_Direct_Blue $311.98 ↓ -38%
Highmark My_Priority_Blue_Flex $311.98 ↓ -38%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $323.67 ↓ -35%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $323.67 ↓ -35%
Highmark Performance_Blue $323.67 ↓ -35%
Cigna All_Plans $369.37 ↓ -26%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $389.97 ↓ -22%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $403.66 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $403.66 ↓ -20%
Independence_Blue_Cross All_Plans $407.55 ↓ -19%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $407.55 ↓ -19%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $407.55 ↓ -19%
Tower Health All_Plans $407.55 ↓ -19%
Geisinger All_Plans $407.55 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $438.90 ↓ -13%
Aetna All_Plans $485.30 ↓ -3%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $497.84 ↓ -1%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $533.58 ↑ +6%

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X-ray sinuses paranasal complete > 3 views at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $295.20 $22.50 – $393.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $133.20 $30.29 – $199.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $188.40 $29.48 – $266.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $177.60 $35.57 – $236.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $188.40 $29.48 – $266.90
UPMC East Monroeville $436.20 $37.27 – $581.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $370.80 $29.26 – $118.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $194.40 $37.27 – $101.69

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