Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution 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

$3,445.00

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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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$4,306.25

Gross charge

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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.

$484.97 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $5,355.00 with Cigna — 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

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
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $484.97 ↓ -86%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $484.97 ↓ -86%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $489.82 ↓ -86%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $499.52 ↓ -86%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $499.52 ↓ -86%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $509.22 ↓ -85%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $509.22 ↓ -85%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $509.22 ↓ -85%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $511.40 ↓ -85%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $511.64 ↓ -85%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $511.64 ↓ -85%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $511.64 ↓ -85%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $523.77 ↓ -85%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $523.77 ↓ -85%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $557.76 ↓ -84%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $637.44 ↓ -81%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $751.70 ↓ -78%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $775.13 ↓ -77%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $796.80 ↓ -77%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $796.80 ↓ -77%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $800.20 ↓ -77%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $848.70 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $856.81 ↓ -75%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $1,466.89 ↓ -57%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $1,466.89 ↓ -57%
Highmark Performance_Blue $1,466.89 ↓ -57%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $1,767.38 ↓ -49%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $2,583.75 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $2,583.75 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $2,583.75 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $2,583.75 ↓ -25%
PHC All_Plans $3,445.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna All_Plans $3,496.68 ↑ +2%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $3,845.48 ↑ +12%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $4,039.26 ↑ +17%
Cigna All_Plans $5,355.00 ↑ +55%

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Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $8,582.40 $82.85 – $8,582.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $9,437.60 $174.98 – $10,617.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $939.60 $96.72 – $775.95
UPMC Cole Coudersport $4,067.40 $59.60 – $172.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $939.60 $137.94 – $1,241.02
UPMC East Monroeville $9,437.60 $83.64 – $9,437.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $10,588.80 $82.85 – $1,748.83
UPMC Northwest Seneca $9,437.60 $215.02 – $523.77

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