Bacterial meningitis antigen 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

$48.00

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.

$60.00

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.

$11.42 with Highmark_Medicare vs $116.66 with UPMC — 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
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $11.42 ↓ -76%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $11.54 ↓ -76%
Humana_Medicare All_Plans $11.77 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $11.77 ↓ -75%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $11.89 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $12.00 ↓ -75%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $12.46 ↓ -74%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $12.46 ↓ -74%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $12.69 ↓ -74%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $12.69 ↓ -74%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $12.69 ↓ -74%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $13.27 ↓ -72%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $15.49 ↓ -68%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $16.61 ↓ -65%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $17.04 ↓ -65%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $17.54 ↓ -63%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $17.60 ↓ -63%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Plans $17.60 ↓ -63%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $18.27 ↓ -62%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $18.30 ↓ -62%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $20.20 ↓ -58%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $34.62 ↓ -28%
Geisinger All_Plans $37.67 ↓ -22%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $44.30 ↓ -8%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $49.22 ↑ +3%
Aetna All_Plans $50.87 ↑ +6%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $55.96 ↑ +17%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $59.22 ↑ +23%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $84.60 ↑ +76%
UPMC All_Plans $116.66 ↑ +143%

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Bacterial meningitis antigen at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $100.80 $11.40 – $134.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $46.80 $4.16 – $70.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $42.60 $9.73 – $60.35
UPMC Cole Coudersport $105.00 $7.50 – $140.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $42.60 $11.42 – $63.78
UPMC East Monroeville $153.00 $11.40 – $204.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $45.00 $11.40 – $19.68
UPMC Northwest Seneca $236.40 $10.47 – $16.19

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