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METRONIDAZOLE 500 MG/100 ML IN SODIUM CHLOR(ISO) INTRAVENOUS PIGGYBACK
Ephrata, PA
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Ephrata Community Hospital’s median price of $25 is 748% above the median hospital's median price ($3), higher than 80% of the 2,045 hospitals reporting HCPCS J1836. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 13 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Amerihealth Caritas all_plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1.35 | $1.35 | $1.35 – $1.35 |
| 2 | Highmark all_plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1.35 | $1.35 | $1.35 – $1.35 |
| 3 | Aetna Better Health all_plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1.43 | $1.43 | $1.43 – $1.43 |
| 4 | Aetna all_plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.10 | $4.10 | $4.10 – $4.10 |
| 5 | First Health all_plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.51 | $4.51 | $4.51 – $4.51 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare all_plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.80 | $4.80 | $4.80 – $4.80 |
| 7 | Cigna all_plans fee schedule · outpatient | $5.25 | $5.25 | $5.25 – $5.25 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield capital_cares_4_kids percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $17.80 | $17.80 | $17.80 – $17.80 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all_plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $25.68 | $24.64 | $6.95 – $41.28 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all_other_plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $25.43 | $25.43 | $25.43 – $25.43 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield capital_blue_performance_ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $25.43 | $25.43 | $25.43 – $25.43 |
| 12 | Cigna all_plans percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $41.16 | $41.16 | $41.16 – $41.16 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all_plans percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $41.93 | $41.93 | $41.93 – $41.93 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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