St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral 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

$195.00

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.

$243.75

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 $480.49 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 ↓ -77%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $47.20 ↓ -76%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $47.97 ↓ -75%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -74%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -74%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $52.00 ↓ -73%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $79.12 ↓ -59%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $79.92 ↓ -59%
Humana_Medicare All_Plans $81.52 ↓ -58%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $81.52 ↓ -58%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $82.32 ↓ -58%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $83.12 ↓ -57%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $86.31 ↓ -56%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $86.31 ↓ -56%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $87.91 ↓ -55%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $87.91 ↓ -55%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $87.91 ↓ -55%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $91.91 ↓ -53%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $121.48 ↓ -38%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $139.86 ↓ -28%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $181.64 ↓ -7%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $201.82 ↑ +3%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $219.80 ↑ +13%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $236.68 ↑ +21%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $243.75 ↑ +25%
Geisinger All_Plans $288.03 ↑ +48%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $314.00 ↑ +61%
Aetna All_Plans $352.29 ↑ +81%
UPMC All_Plans $480.49 ↑ +146%

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St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $199.20 $82.99 – $265.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $362.40 $82.99 – $543.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $384.60 $46.31 – $387.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $272.40 $82.99 – $363.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $384.60 $62.54 – $900.95
UPMC East Monroeville $316.20 $89.57 – $421.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $316.20 $89.57 – $195.96
UPMC Northwest Seneca $130.20 $84.21 – $373.98

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