Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer auto screen/manual rescreen/review 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

$112.00

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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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$140.00

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.

$21.69 with Blue_Cross vs $245.84 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

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 Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $21.69 ↓ -81%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $26.49 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $26.75 ↓ -76%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $27.28 ↓ -76%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $27.28 ↓ -76%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $27.81 ↓ -75%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $27.81 ↓ -75%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $27.81 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $27.93 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $27.95 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $27.95 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $27.95 ↓ -75%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $28.61 ↓ -74%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $28.61 ↓ -74%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $36.94 ↓ -67%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $36.94 ↓ -67%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $36.94 ↓ -67%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $36.94 ↓ -67%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $36.94 ↓ -67%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $41.06 ↓ -63%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $41.96 ↓ -63%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $43.71 ↓ -61%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $46.36 ↓ -59%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $79.83 ↓ -29%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $80.12 ↓ -28%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $80.12 ↓ -28%
Highmark Performance_Blue $80.12 ↓ -28%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $84.00 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $84.00 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $84.00 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $84.00 ↓ -25%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $96.54 ↓ -14%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $100.47 ↓ -10%
Aetna All_Plans $109.90 ↓ -2%
PHC All_Plans $112.00 ↑ +0%
Cigna All_Plans $116.84 ↑ +4%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $120.81 ↑ +8%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $172.09 ↑ +54%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $196.67 ↑ +76%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $245.84 ↑ +120%

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Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer auto screen/manual rescreen/review at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $102.00 $26.30 – $136.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $78.00 $9.60 – $117.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $64.20 $14.66 – $90.95
UPMC Cole Coudersport $121.80 $17.30 – $162.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $110.40 $21.40 – $108.64
UPMC East Monroeville $78.00 $26.30 – $104.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $78.00 $24.13 – $33.98
UPMC Hanover Hanover $64.20 $26.34 – $42.58

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