Puncture arterial withdrawal blood for diagnosis 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

$122.40

Cash price

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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.

$153.00

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.

$14.30 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $1,956.00 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 $14.30 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $15.34 ↓ -87%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $15.73 ↓ -87%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $16.25 ↓ -87%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Plans $16.25 ↓ -87%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $16.87 ↓ -86%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $16.90 ↓ -86%
UPMC All_Plans $123.32 ↑ +1%
Humana_Medicare All_Plans $124.00 ↑ +1%
Geisinger All_Plans $124.00 ↑ +1%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $124.00 ↑ +1%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $124.00 ↑ +1%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $124.00 ↑ +1%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $124.00 ↑ +1%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $124.00 ↑ +1%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $124.00 ↑ +1%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $124.00 ↑ +1%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $124.00 ↑ +1%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $124.00 ↑ +1%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $124.00 ↑ +1%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $124.00 ↑ +1%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $124.00 ↑ +1%
Aetna All_Plans $124.00 ↑ +1%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $124.49 ↑ +2%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $124.49 ↑ +2%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $124.49 ↑ +2%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $124.49 ↑ +2%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $148.56 ↑ +21%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $1,369.20 ↑ +1019%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $1,956.00 ↑ +1498%

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Puncture arterial withdrawal blood for diagnosis at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $82.80 $13.00 – $110.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $114.60 $13.00 – $171.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $248.40 $16.51 – $351.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $103.20 $13.65 – $771.51
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $248.40 $16.51 – $220.15
UPMC East Monroeville $183.60 $13.00 – $244.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $91.20 $13.00 – $153.18
UPMC Northwest Seneca $43.80 $14.30 – $129.03

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