Devel tst phys/qhp 1st hr 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

$276.00

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.

$345.00

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.

$21.52 with Blue_Cross vs $563.23 with Highmark — 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 $21.52 ↓ -92%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $128.18 ↓ -54%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $128.18 ↓ -54%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $128.18 ↓ -54%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $128.18 ↓ -54%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $128.18 ↓ -54%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $141.07 ↓ -49%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $145.61 ↓ -47%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $154.55 ↓ -44%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $156.10 ↓ -43%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $159.19 ↓ -42%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $159.19 ↓ -42%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $161.22 ↓ -42%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $162.28 ↓ -41%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $162.28 ↓ -41%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $162.28 ↓ -41%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $162.97 ↓ -41%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $163.05 ↓ -41%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $163.05 ↓ -41%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $163.05 ↓ -41%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $166.91 ↓ -40%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $166.91 ↓ -40%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $201.51 ↓ -27%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $207.00 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $207.00 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $207.00 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $207.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna All_Plans $220.18 ↓ -20%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $239.55 ↓ -13%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $255.01 ↓ -8%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $270.46 ↓ -2%
PHC All_Plans $276.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna All_Plans $280.14 ↑ +2%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $308.09 ↑ +12%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $323.61 ↑ +17%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $348.64 ↑ +26%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $467.47 ↑ +69%
Highmark Performance_Blue $467.47 ↑ +69%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $467.47 ↑ +69%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $563.23 ↑ +104%

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Devel tst phys/qhp 1st hr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital Gettysburg $276.00 $128.17 – $348.64

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