X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 2-3 views 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

$648.60

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.

$810.75

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.

$51.96 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $644.38 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 $51.96 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $55.74 ↓ -91%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $57.16 ↓ -91%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Plans $59.05 ↓ -91%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $59.05 ↓ -91%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $61.29 ↓ -91%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $61.41 ↓ -91%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $102.30 ↓ -84%
Humana_Medicare All_Plans $102.30 ↓ -84%
Geisinger All_Plans $102.30 ↓ -84%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $102.30 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $102.30 ↓ -84%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $102.30 ↓ -84%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $102.30 ↓ -84%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $102.30 ↓ -84%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $102.30 ↓ -84%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $102.30 ↓ -84%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $102.30 ↓ -84%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $102.30 ↓ -84%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $102.30 ↓ -84%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $102.30 ↓ -84%
Aetna All_Plans $102.30 ↓ -84%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $102.70 ↓ -84%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $102.70 ↓ -84%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $102.70 ↓ -84%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $102.70 ↓ -84%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $239.80 ↓ -63%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $342.58 ↓ -47%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $602.31 ↓ -7%
UPMC All_Plans $644.38 ↓ -1%

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X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 2-3 views at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $621.60 $30.00 – $828.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $480.00 $36.58 – $720.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $262.80 $44.99 – $372.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $249.00 $49.60 – $332.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $262.80 $44.99 – $372.30
UPMC East Monroeville $732.60 $30.29 – $976.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $786.60 $30.00 – $166.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $218.40 $51.96 – $106.45

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