Culture anaerobic additional method definitive id each 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

$161.20

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.

$201.50

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.

$8.00 with Highmark_Medicare vs $166.75 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 $8.00 ↓ -95%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $8.08 ↓ -95%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $8.24 ↓ -95%
Humana_Medicare All_Plans $8.24 ↓ -95%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $8.32 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $8.40 ↓ -95%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $8.73 ↓ -95%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $8.73 ↓ -95%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $8.89 ↓ -94%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $8.89 ↓ -94%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $8.89 ↓ -94%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $9.29 ↓ -94%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $9.63 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $10.33 ↓ -94%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $10.59 ↓ -93%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $10.94 ↓ -93%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Plans $10.94 ↓ -93%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $11.35 ↓ -93%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $11.38 ↓ -93%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $12.28 ↓ -92%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $14.14 ↓ -91%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $24.24 ↓ -85%
Geisinger All_Plans $26.38 ↓ -84%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $31.02 ↓ -81%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $34.47 ↓ -79%
Aetna All_Plans $35.62 ↓ -78%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $37.29 ↓ -77%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $39.18 ↓ -76%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $53.28 ↓ -67%
UPMC All_Plans $166.75 ↑ +3%

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Culture anaerobic additional method definitive id each at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $200.40 $7.99 – $267.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $100.20 $2.92 – $150.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $45.60 $8.00 – $64.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $45.60 $8.00 – $91.17
UPMC East Monroeville $269.40 $7.99 – $359.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $223.20 $7.99 – $35.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $88.20 $7.33 – $10.06
UPMC Hanover Hanover $45.60 $8.00 – $12.93

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