Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital
252 S. 4th St., Lebanon, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1407928500
$1,244.80
Cash price 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.
$1,556.00
Gross charge 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.
$62.28 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $1,616.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $62.28 | ↓ -95% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $62.28 | ↓ -95% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $62.28 | ↓ -95% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $62.28 | ↓ -95% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $62.28 | ↓ -95% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $70.74 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $169.39 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $291.59 | ↓ -77% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $294.51 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $300.34 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $300.34 | ↓ -76% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $306.17 | ↓ -75% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $306.17 | ↓ -75% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $306.17 | ↓ -75% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $307.48 | ↓ -75% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $307.63 | ↓ -75% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $307.63 | ↓ -75% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $307.63 | ↓ -75% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $314.92 | ↓ -75% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $314.92 | ↓ -75% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $451.96 | ↓ -64% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $481.12 | ↓ -61% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $510.28 | ↓ -59% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $881.97 | ↓ -29% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $881.97 | ↓ -29% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $881.97 | ↓ -29% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $933.60 | ↓ -25% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $933.60 | ↓ -25% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $933.60 | ↓ -25% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $933.60 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $993.04 | ↓ -20% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $1,062.64 | ↓ -15% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $1,131.20 | ↓ -9% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $1,209.00 | ↓ -3% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $1,244.80 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $1,263.47 | ↑ +1% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO | $1,292.80 | ↑ +4% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $1,389.51 | ↑ +12% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $1,459.53 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $1,616.00 | ↑ +30% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $592.20 | $49.82 – $789.60 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $656.40 | $52.31 – $984.60 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $817.20 | $63.27 – $1,157.70 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $88.20 | $13.31 – $120.98 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $817.20 | $63.27 – $1,157.70 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $677.40 | $54.80 – $903.20 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $689.40 | $54.80 – $409.31 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $708.00 | $54.80 – $295.50 |