Uric acid blood 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

$15.00

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.

$75.00

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.

$4.47 with Highmark_Medicare vs $61.05 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 $4.47 ↓ -70%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $4.52 ↓ -70%
Humana_Medicare All_Plans $4.61 ↓ -69%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $4.61 ↓ -69%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $4.66 ↓ -69%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $4.70 ↓ -69%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $4.88 ↓ -67%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $4.88 ↓ -67%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $4.97 ↓ -67%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $4.97 ↓ -67%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $4.97 ↓ -67%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $5.20 ↓ -65%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $6.86 ↓ -54%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $6.87 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $7.36 ↓ -51%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $7.55 ↓ -50%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $7.80 ↓ -48%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Plans $7.80 ↓ -48%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $7.91 ↓ -47%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $8.10 ↓ -46%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $8.11 ↓ -46%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $13.56 ↓ -10%
Geisinger All_Plans $14.76 ↓ -2%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $17.35 ↑ +16%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $19.28 ↑ +29%
Aetna All_Plans $19.92 ↑ +33%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $21.92 ↑ +46%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $26.23 ↑ +75%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $37.47 ↑ +150%
UPMC All_Plans $61.05 ↑ +307%

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Uric acid blood at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $73.80 $4.47 – $98.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $33.00 $1.63 – $49.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $23.40 $4.47 – $33.15
UPMC Cole Coudersport $35.40 $2.94 – $47.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $23.40 $4.47 – $33.38
UPMC East Monroeville $67.20 $4.47 – $89.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $155.40 $4.47 – $8.74
UPMC Northwest Seneca $36.00 $4.10 – $7.18

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