Folic acid 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

$45.00

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.

$202.25

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.

$13.20 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $163.98 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
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $13.20 ↓ -71%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $14.16 ↓ -69%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $14.52 ↓ -68%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $14.55 ↓ -68%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $14.70 ↓ -67%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $14.99 ↓ -67%
Humana_Medicare All_Plans $14.99 ↓ -67%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $15.00 ↓ -67%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Plans $15.00 ↓ -67%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $15.14 ↓ -66%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $15.29 ↓ -66%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $15.57 ↓ -65%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $15.60 ↓ -65%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $15.88 ↓ -65%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $15.88 ↓ -65%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $16.17 ↓ -64%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $16.17 ↓ -64%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $16.17 ↓ -64%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $16.91 ↓ -62%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $22.34 ↓ -50%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $25.73 ↓ -43%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $44.10 ↓ -2%
Geisinger All_Plans $47.99 ↑ +7%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $56.43 ↑ +25%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $62.70 ↑ +39%
Aetna All_Plans $64.80 ↑ +44%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $71.28 ↑ +58%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $85.45 ↑ +90%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $122.07 ↑ +171%
UPMC All_Plans $163.98 ↑ +264%

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Folic acid at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $120.00 $12.00 – $160.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $83.40 $5.30 – $125.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $75.00 $12.00 – $106.25
UPMC Cole Coudersport $105.00 $9.55 – $140.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $75.00 $12.00 – $90.95
UPMC East Monroeville $222.00 $12.00 – $296.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $201.60 $12.00 – $28.42
UPMC Northwest Seneca $89.40 $13.20 – $15.88

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