Bx breast add lesion Ultrasound imag at WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital

252 S. 4th St., Lebanon, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1407928500

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$1,360.00

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.

$1,700.00

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.

$82.65 with Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid vs $1,594.60 with United_Healthcare — 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_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $82.65 ↓ -94%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $82.65 ↓ -94%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $82.65 ↓ -94%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $82.65 ↓ -94%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $82.65 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $93.89 ↓ -93%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $224.81 ↓ -83%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $695.13 ↓ -49%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $794.41 ↓ -42%
Aetna All_Plans $952.00 ↓ -30%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $992.97 ↓ -27%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $1,020.00 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $1,020.00 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $1,020.00 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $1,020.00 ↓ -25%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $1,047.20 ↓ -23%
Cigna All_Plans $1,084.94 ↓ -20%
PHC All_Plans $1,360.00 ↑ +0%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,594.60 ↑ +17%

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Bx breast add lesion Ultrasound imag at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,945.20 $66.12 – $2,593.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $2,620.20 $69.43 – $3,930.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,042.80 $83.97 – $9,539.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $334.20 $69.43 – $1,041.88
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,042.80 $86.62 – $1,540.47
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,324.20 $72.73 – $710.72
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,792.40 $72.73 – $968.57
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,042.80 $83.97 – $743.78

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