St analysis behavior qualitative voice/resonance 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

$268.80

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.

$336.00

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.

$44.00 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $478.64 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
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $44.00 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $47.20 ↓ -82%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $47.97 ↓ -82%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -81%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -81%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $52.00 ↓ -81%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $87.12 ↓ -68%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $102.45 ↓ -62%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $103.48 ↓ -62%
Humana_Medicare All_Plans $105.55 ↓ -61%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $105.55 ↓ -61%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $106.58 ↓ -60%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $107.62 ↓ -60%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $111.76 ↓ -58%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $111.76 ↓ -58%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $113.83 ↓ -58%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $113.83 ↓ -58%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $113.83 ↓ -58%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $119.00 ↓ -56%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $124.45 ↓ -54%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $157.29 ↓ -41%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $181.09 ↓ -33%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $235.19 ↓ -13%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $261.32 ↓ -3%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $326.26 ↑ +21%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $336.00 ↑ +25%
Geisinger All_Plans $372.94 ↑ +39%
Aetna All_Plans $456.14 ↑ +70%
UPMC All_Plans $478.64 ↑ +78%

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St analysis behavior qualitative voice/resonance at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $435.00 $98.21 – $616.25
UPMC Cole Coudersport $354.60 $103.87 – $472.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $435.00 $98.21 – $616.25
UPMC East Monroeville $237.00 $69.79 – $316.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $508.80 $69.13 – $237.36
UPMC Northwest Seneca $404.40 $131.64 – $316.67
UPMC Hanover Hanover $435.00 $98.21 – $591.00
UPMC Kane Kane $216.00 $131.64 – $464.75

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