Carbon dioxide 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

$20.00

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.

$25.00

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.

$4.83 with Highmark_Medicare vs $60.74 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 $4.83 ↓ -76%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $4.88 ↓ -76%
Humana_Medicare All_Plans $4.98 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $4.98 ↓ -75%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $5.03 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $5.08 ↓ -75%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $5.27 ↓ -74%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $5.27 ↓ -74%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $5.37 ↓ -73%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $5.37 ↓ -73%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $5.37 ↓ -73%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $5.61 ↓ -72%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $7.39 ↓ -63%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $7.42 ↓ -63%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $7.93 ↓ -60%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $8.13 ↓ -59%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $8.40 ↓ -58%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Plans $8.40 ↓ -58%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $8.54 ↓ -57%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $8.72 ↓ -56%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $8.74 ↓ -56%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $14.64 ↓ -27%
Geisinger All_Plans $15.93 ↓ -20%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $18.73 ↓ -6%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $20.82 ↑ +4%
Aetna All_Plans $21.51 ↑ +8%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $23.66 ↑ +18%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $28.42 ↑ +42%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $40.60 ↑ +103%
UPMC All_Plans $60.74 ↑ +204%

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Carbon dioxide at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $40.80 $4.82 – $54.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $30.00 $1.76 – $45.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $24.60 $4.83 – $34.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $37.80 $3.17 – $50.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $24.60 $4.83 – $34.85
UPMC East Monroeville $70.80 $4.82 – $94.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $42.00 $4.82 – $9.34
UPMC Northwest Seneca $36.00 $4.43 – $7.73

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