Cystine urine quantitative 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

$96.00

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.

$120.00

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.

$22.98 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $156.87 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.

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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
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $22.98 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $23.21 ↓ -76%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $23.67 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $23.67 ↓ -75%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $24.13 ↓ -75%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $24.13 ↓ -75%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $24.13 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $24.23 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $24.24 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $24.24 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $24.24 ↓ -75%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $24.63 ↓ -74%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $24.82 ↓ -74%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $24.82 ↓ -74%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $28.99 ↓ -70%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $28.99 ↓ -70%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $28.99 ↓ -70%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $28.99 ↓ -70%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $28.99 ↓ -70%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $32.93 ↓ -66%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $35.62 ↓ -63%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $37.92 ↓ -61%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $40.22 ↓ -58%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $68.94 ↓ -28%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $69.51 ↓ -28%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $69.51 ↓ -28%
Highmark Performance_Blue $69.51 ↓ -28%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $72.00 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $72.00 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $72.00 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $72.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $78.85 ↓ -18%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $83.75 ↓ -13%
Aetna All_Plans $94.91 ↓ -1%
PHC All_Plans $96.00 ↑ +0%
Cigna All_Plans $100.15 ↑ +4%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $104.33 ↑ +9%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $109.81 ↑ +14%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $125.49 ↑ +31%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $156.87 ↑ +63%

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Cystine urine quantitative at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $116.40 $22.71 – $155.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $213.00 $8.29 – $319.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $116.40 $20.56 – $164.90
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $116.40 $22.75 – $106.25
UPMC East Monroeville $250.20 $22.71 – $333.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $94.20 $22.71 – $32.42
UPMC Northwest Seneca $125.40 $20.84 – $26.67
UPMC Hanover Hanover $116.40 $20.56 – $36.77

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