Russell viper venom diluted 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

$268.20

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.

$335.25

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.

$9.48 with Highmark_Medicare vs $119.74 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
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $9.48 ↓ -96%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $9.58 ↓ -96%
Humana_Medicare All_Plans $9.77 ↓ -96%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $9.77 ↓ -96%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $9.87 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $9.96 ↓ -96%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $10.35 ↓ -96%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $10.35 ↓ -96%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $10.54 ↓ -96%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $10.54 ↓ -96%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $10.54 ↓ -96%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $11.02 ↓ -96%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $12.85 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $13.78 ↓ -95%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $14.13 ↓ -95%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $14.56 ↓ -95%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $14.60 ↓ -95%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Plans $14.60 ↓ -95%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $15.15 ↓ -94%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $15.18 ↓ -94%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $16.77 ↓ -94%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $28.74 ↓ -89%
Geisinger All_Plans $31.28 ↓ -88%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $36.78 ↓ -86%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $40.86 ↓ -85%
Aetna All_Plans $42.23 ↓ -84%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $46.45 ↓ -83%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $55.60 ↓ -79%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $79.43 ↓ -70%
UPMC All_Plans $119.74 ↓ -55%

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Russell viper venom diluted at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $71.40 $9.47 – $95.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $58.80 $3.46 – $88.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $48.60 $9.48 – $68.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $44.40 $6.23 – $59.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $48.60 $9.48 – $68.85
UPMC East Monroeville $201.00 $9.47 – $268.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $156.60 $9.47 – $26.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $119.40 $8.69 – $13.43

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