Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 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

$100.00

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.

$192.00

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.

$39.04 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $248.80 with First_Health_Network — 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 $39.04 ↓ -61%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $41.88 ↓ -58%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $42.94 ↓ -57%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $44.36 ↓ -56%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Plans $44.36 ↓ -56%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $46.05 ↓ -54%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $46.14 ↓ -54%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $49.78 ↓ -50%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $50.80 ↓ -49%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $51.31 ↓ -49%
Humana_Medicare All_Plans $52.34 ↓ -48%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $52.34 ↓ -48%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $52.85 ↓ -47%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $53.36 ↓ -47%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $55.41 ↓ -45%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $55.41 ↓ -45%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $56.44 ↓ -44%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $56.44 ↓ -44%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $56.44 ↓ -44%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $59.01 ↓ -41%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $71.12 ↓ -29%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $77.99 ↓ -22%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $89.79 ↓ -10%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $153.93 ↑ +54%
Geisinger All_Plans $167.51 ↑ +68%
UPMC All_Plans $179.25 ↑ +79%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $196.98 ↑ +97%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $218.86 ↑ +119%
Aetna All_Plans $226.17 ↑ +126%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $248.80 ↑ +149%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $75.00 $35.49 – $100.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $75.00 $18.51 – $112.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $75.00 $17.12 – $106.25
UPMC Cole Coudersport $93.00 $37.26 – $124.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $75.00 $25.00 – $106.25
UPMC East Monroeville $75.00 $35.49 – $100.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $75.00 $35.49 – $95.41
UPMC Northwest Seneca $75.00 $39.04 – $55.41

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