Critical care each additional 30 minutes 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

$951.60

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.

$1,189.50

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.

$81.84 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $1,838.00 with United_Healthcare — 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 $81.84 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $87.79 ↓ -91%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $90.02 ↓ -91%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $93.00 ↓ -90%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Plans $93.00 ↓ -90%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $96.53 ↓ -90%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $96.72 ↓ -90%
UPMC All_Plans $388.51 ↓ -59%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,838.00 ↑ +93%

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Critical care each additional 30 minutes at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,228.80 $71.66 – $1,638.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $319.20 $78.12 – $478.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,152.00 $94.49 – $2,050.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $363.60 $78.12 – $287.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,152.00 $94.49 – $1,632.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $615.00 $71.66 – $192.06
UPMC Northwest Seneca $478.80 $81.84 – $185.98
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,152.00 $94.49 – $180.13

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