Removal central venous catheter tunneled without port/pump 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

$1,821.80

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.

$2,277.25

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.

$143.39 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $3,889.00 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 $143.39 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $153.81 ↓ -92%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $157.72 ↓ -91%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Plans $162.94 ↓ -91%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $162.94 ↓ -91%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $169.13 ↓ -91%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $169.46 ↓ -91%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $594.78 ↓ -67%
Humana_Medicare All_Plans $594.78 ↓ -67%
Geisinger All_Plans $594.78 ↓ -67%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $594.78 ↓ -67%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $594.78 ↓ -67%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $594.78 ↓ -67%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $594.78 ↓ -67%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $594.78 ↓ -67%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $594.78 ↓ -67%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $594.78 ↓ -67%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $594.78 ↓ -67%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $594.78 ↓ -67%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $594.78 ↓ -67%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $594.78 ↓ -67%
Aetna All_Plans $594.78 ↓ -67%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $597.12 ↓ -67%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $597.12 ↓ -67%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $597.12 ↓ -67%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $597.12 ↓ -67%
UPMC All_Plans $1,910.28 ↑ +5%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $2,211.21 ↑ +21%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $2,722.30 ↑ +49%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $3,889.00 ↑ +113%

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Removal central venous catheter tunneled without port/pump at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,267.20 $319.83 – $1,689.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $3,457.20 $325.29 – $4,897.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $194.40 $39.36 – $771.51
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $3,457.20 $161.00 – $1,044.40
UPMC East Monroeville $2,449.20 $319.83 – $3,265.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,408.80 $319.83 – $857.29
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,504.00 $319.83 – $636.60
UPMC Hanover Hanover $3,457.20 $334.70 – $1,044.40

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