Aspiration fine needle (fna) biopsy w/ultrasound guidance 1st lesion at WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital

1 Hospital Drive, Lewisburg, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1124076039

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

$2,785.60

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$3,482.00

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.

$65.76 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $5,032.00 with Blue_Cross — 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

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 $65.76 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $70.54 ↓ -97%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $72.33 ↓ -97%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Plans $74.73 ↓ -97%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $74.73 ↓ -97%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $77.56 ↓ -97%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $77.71 ↓ -97%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $676.87 ↓ -76%
Humana_Medicare All_Plans $676.87 ↓ -76%
Geisinger All_Plans $676.87 ↓ -76%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $676.87 ↓ -76%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $676.87 ↓ -76%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $676.87 ↓ -76%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $676.87 ↓ -76%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $676.87 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $676.87 ↓ -76%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $676.87 ↓ -76%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $676.87 ↓ -76%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $676.87 ↓ -76%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $676.87 ↓ -76%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $676.87 ↓ -76%
Aetna All_Plans $676.87 ↓ -76%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $679.53 ↓ -76%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $679.53 ↓ -76%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $679.53 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $679.53 ↓ -76%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $3,381.02 ↑ +21%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $3,522.40 ↑ +26%
UPMC All_Plans $3,724.59 ↑ +34%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $5,032.00 ↑ +81%

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Aspiration fine needle (fna) biopsy w/ultrasound guidance 1st lesion at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $559.20 $59.78 – $745.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,597.80 $62.77 – $2,396.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,304.60 $75.92 – $3,264.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $112.20 $51.84 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,304.60 $80.70 – $3,264.85
UPMC East Monroeville $570.60 $65.76 – $760.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $543.60 $65.76 – $975.61
UPMC Northwest Seneca $777.00 $65.76 – $704.33

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