Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) at WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital
252 S. 4th St., Lebanon, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1407928500
$2,620.80
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.
$3,276.00
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.
$79.15 with Geisinger_Medicaid vs $10,303.13 with Highmark — 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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| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $79.15 | ↓ -97% |
| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $79.15 | ↓ -97% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $79.15 | ↓ -97% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $79.15 | ↓ -97% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $79.15 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $89.91 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $215.29 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO | $1,530.87 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $1,834.56 | ↓ -30% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $1,965.60 | ↓ -25% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $1,965.60 | ↓ -25% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $1,965.60 | ↓ -25% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $1,965.60 | ↓ -25% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $2,018.02 | ↓ -23% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $2,090.74 | ↓ -20% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $2,620.80 | ↑ +0% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $2,827.19 | ↑ +8% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $2,855.46 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $2,912.01 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $2,912.01 | ↑ +11% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $2,968.55 | ↑ +13% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $2,968.55 | ↑ +13% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $2,968.55 | ↑ +13% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $2,981.27 | ↑ +14% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $2,982.69 | ↑ +14% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $2,982.69 | ↑ +14% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $2,982.69 | ↑ +14% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $3,053.37 | ↑ +17% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $3,053.37 | ↑ +17% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $3,072.89 | ↑ +17% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $4,382.14 | ↑ +67% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $4,396.00 | ↑ +68% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $4,664.86 | ↑ +78% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $4,947.58 | ↑ +89% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $5,670.70 | ↑ +116% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $5,870.00 | ↑ +124% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $8,551.40 | ↑ +226% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $8,551.40 | ↑ +226% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $8,551.40 | ↑ +226% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $10,303.13 | ↑ +293% |
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Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $1,712.40 | $63.32 – $2,283.20 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $4,644.60 | $80.42 – $6,579.85 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $182.40 | $37.14 – $771.51 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $4,644.60 | $85.48 – $6,579.85 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $1,745.40 | $69.65 – $2,865.05 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $1,745.40 | $69.65 – $3,968.58 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $1,176.60 | $69.65 – $2,865.05 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $4,644.60 | $80.42 – $4,374.59 |