Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe 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

$8,881.40

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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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$11,101.75

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.

$3.17 with Blue_Cross vs $2,288.80 with PHC — 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 Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $3.17 ↓ -100%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $3.45 ↓ -100%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $88.76 ↓ -99%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $101.44 ↓ -99%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $117.04 ↓ -99%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $117.04 ↓ -99%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $117.04 ↓ -99%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $117.04 ↓ -99%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $117.04 ↓ -99%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $118.21 ↓ -99%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $120.55 ↓ -99%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $120.55 ↓ -99%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $122.89 ↓ -99%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $122.89 ↓ -99%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $122.89 ↓ -99%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $123.42 ↓ -99%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $123.48 ↓ -99%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $123.48 ↓ -99%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $123.48 ↓ -99%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $124.40 ↓ -99%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $126.40 ↓ -99%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $126.40 ↓ -99%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $126.80 ↓ -99%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $181.41 ↓ -98%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $193.12 ↓ -98%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $204.82 ↓ -98%
Highmark Performance_Blue $354.01 ↓ -96%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $354.01 ↓ -96%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $354.01 ↓ -96%
Aetna All_Plans $355.80 ↓ -96%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $384.00 ↓ -96%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $391.38 ↓ -96%
Cigna All_Plans $397.60 ↓ -96%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $426.53 ↓ -95%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $1,716.60 ↓ -81%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $1,716.60 ↓ -81%
Geisinger All_Plans $1,716.60 ↓ -81%
PHC All_Plans $2,288.80 ↓ -74%

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Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,736.40 $1.85 – $446.32
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,322.00 $2.90 – $446.32
UPMC Cole Coudersport $4,852.80 $2.93 – $517.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,322.00 $2.90 – $446.32
UPMC East Monroeville $6,335.40 $1.85 – $781.30
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,687.20 $1.85 – $513.27
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,322.00 $2.90 – $446.32
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,430.40 $1.85 – $9.59

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