ER Visit (level 4) 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

$1,600.60

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.

$2,000.75

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.

$112.49 with Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid vs $3,778.00 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.

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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
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $112.49 ↓ -93%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $119.16 ↓ -93%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $135.30 ↓ -92%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $148.83 ↓ -91%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Plans $153.75 ↓ -90%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $159.59 ↓ -90%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $159.90 ↓ -90%
Humana_Medicare All_Plans $409.65 ↓ -74%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $409.65 ↓ -74%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $409.65 ↓ -74%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $409.65 ↓ -74%
Aetna All_Plans $409.65 ↓ -74%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $413.75 ↓ -74%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $417.84 ↓ -74%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $421.94 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $426.04 ↓ -73%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $430.13 ↓ -73%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $430.13 ↓ -73%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $430.13 ↓ -73%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $442.42 ↓ -72%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $442.42 ↓ -72%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $458.81 ↓ -71%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $622.67 ↓ -61%
UPMC All_Plans $820.35 ↓ -49%
Geisinger All_Plans $1,337.38 ↓ -16%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $1,487.73 ↓ -7%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $1,653.02 ↑ +3%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,838.00 ↑ +15%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $2,644.60 ↑ +65%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $3,778.00 ↑ +136%

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ER Visit (level 4) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,012.20 $123.00 – $1,349.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $645.60 $100.10 – $968.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,320.00 $65.00 – $1,870.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $357.00 $56.38 – $432.27
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,320.00 $65.00 – $448.50
UPMC East Monroeville $1,120.20 $104.86 – $1,493.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,581.00 $104.86 – $506.02
UPMC Northwest Seneca $570.00 $104.86 – $426.27

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