Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination 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

$193.80

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.

$242.25

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.

$12.42 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $220.67 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 $12.42 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $13.32 ↓ -93%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $13.66 ↓ -93%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Plans $14.11 ↓ -93%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $14.11 ↓ -93%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $14.65 ↓ -92%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $14.68 ↓ -92%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $37.76 ↓ -81%
Humana_Medicare All_Plans $37.76 ↓ -81%
Geisinger All_Plans $37.76 ↓ -81%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $37.76 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $37.76 ↓ -81%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $37.76 ↓ -81%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $37.76 ↓ -81%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $37.76 ↓ -81%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $37.76 ↓ -81%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $37.76 ↓ -81%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $37.76 ↓ -81%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $37.76 ↓ -81%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $37.76 ↓ -81%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $37.76 ↓ -81%
Aetna All_Plans $37.76 ↓ -81%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $37.91 ↓ -80%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $37.91 ↓ -80%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $37.91 ↓ -80%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $37.91 ↓ -80%
UPMC All_Plans $64.12 ↓ -67%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $85.11 ↓ -56%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $154.47 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $220.67 ↑ +14%

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Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $128.40 $5.00 – $171.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $49.80 $9.78 – $74.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $54.60 $6.55 – $77.35
UPMC Cole Coudersport $110.40 $11.85 – $147.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $54.60 $6.55 – $77.35
UPMC East Monroeville $121.20 $9.64 – $161.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $138.00 $11.29 – $70.24
UPMC Northwest Seneca $67.20 $9.73 – $65.94

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