Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta 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

$12,076.40

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.

$15,095.50

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.

$195.43 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $24,338.00 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
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $195.43 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $209.64 ↓ -98%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $214.97 ↓ -98%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $222.08 ↓ -98%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Plans $222.08 ↓ -98%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $230.51 ↓ -98%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $230.96 ↓ -98%
UPMC All_Plans $3,492.08 ↓ -71%
Humana_Medicare All_Plans $5,484.98 ↓ -55%
Geisinger All_Plans $5,484.98 ↓ -55%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $5,484.98 ↓ -55%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $5,484.98 ↓ -55%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $5,484.98 ↓ -55%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $5,484.98 ↓ -55%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $5,484.98 ↓ -55%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $5,484.98 ↓ -55%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $5,484.98 ↓ -55%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $5,484.98 ↓ -55%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $5,484.98 ↓ -55%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $5,484.98 ↓ -55%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $5,484.98 ↓ -55%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $5,484.98 ↓ -55%
Aetna All_Plans $5,484.98 ↓ -55%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $5,506.53 ↓ -54%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $5,506.53 ↓ -54%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $5,506.53 ↓ -54%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $5,506.53 ↓ -54%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $14,657.73 ↑ +21%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $17,036.60 ↑ +41%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $24,338.00 ↑ +102%

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Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $7,684.20 $177.66 – $10,245.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $12,150.60 $225.63 – $17,213.35
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $12,150.60 $225.63 – $17,213.35
UPMC East Monroeville $7,523.40 $195.43 – $10,031.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $5,144.40 $195.43 – $7,905.86
UPMC Northwest Seneca $8,154.60 $195.43 – $5,707.51
UPMC Hanover Hanover $12,150.60 $225.63 – $8,714.66
UPMC Lititz Lititz $12,150.60 $225.63 – $8,761.73

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