ER Visit (level 1, minor) 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

$320.20

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.

$400.25

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.

$23.10 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 $23.10 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $24.13 ↓ -92%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $25.41 ↓ -92%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $25.56 ↓ -92%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Plans $26.25 ↓ -92%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $27.25 ↓ -91%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $27.30 ↓ -91%
Humana_Medicare All_Plans $84.71 ↓ -74%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $84.71 ↓ -74%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $84.71 ↓ -74%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $84.71 ↓ -74%
Aetna All_Plans $84.71 ↓ -74%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $85.56 ↓ -73%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $86.40 ↓ -73%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $87.25 ↓ -73%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $88.10 ↓ -72%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $88.95 ↓ -72%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $88.95 ↓ -72%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $88.95 ↓ -72%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $91.49 ↓ -71%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $91.49 ↓ -71%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $94.88 ↓ -70%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $128.76 ↓ -60%
Geisinger All_Plans $276.55 ↓ -14%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $307.64 ↓ -4%
UPMC All_Plans $323.16 ↑ +1%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $341.82 ↑ +7%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $352.10 ↑ +10%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $503.00 ↑ +57%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,838.00 ↑ +474%

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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $374.40 $21.00 – $499.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $215.40 $30.29 – $323.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $391.20 $21.05 – $554.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $136.20 $18.26 – $103.74
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $391.20 $21.05 – $554.20
UPMC East Monroeville $260.40 $51.60 – $347.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $384.60 $51.60 – $104.63
UPMC Northwest Seneca $213.00 $51.26 – $90.67

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