Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery at WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital
1 Hospital Drive, Lewisburg, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1124076039
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$853.60 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $8,811.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $853.60 | — |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $915.68 | — |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Plans | $970.00 | — |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $970.00 | — |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $1,006.86 | — |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $1,008.80 | — |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $1,008.80 | — |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $1,878.60 | — |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $1,878.60 | — |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $1,878.60 | — |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $1,897.39 | — |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $1,916.17 | — |
| Humana_Medicare | All_Plans | $1,916.17 | — |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $1,934.96 | — |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $1,953.74 | — |
| UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $1,972.53 | — |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $1,972.53 | — |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $1,972.53 | — |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $2,028.89 | — |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $2,028.89 | — |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $2,104.03 | — |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $2,817.90 | — |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $3,287.55 | — |
| UPMC | All_Plans | $4,205.39 | — |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $6,133.07 | — |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $6,167.70 | — |
| Performance_Blue | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $7,211.95 | — |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $8,013.17 | — |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $8,811.00 | — |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | not published by hospital | — |
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Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $763.80 | $315.00 – $1,041.88 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $3,255.60 | $330.00 – $2,010.67 |
| UPMC Kane | Kane | $1,610.40 | $330.00 – $1,878.88 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $3,572.40 | $330.00 – $2,010.67 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $4,037.40 | $330.00 – $2,047.90 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $3,958.20 | $330.00 – $2,047.90 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $4,170.00 | $330.00 – $2,047.90 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $4,530.60 | $330.00 – $1,992.05 |