Diabetes (HbA1c) Test 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

$25.00

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.

$75.00

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.

$8.75 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $90.25 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
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $8.75 ↓ -65%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $8.75 ↓ -65%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $8.75 ↓ -65%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $8.75 ↓ -65%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $8.75 ↓ -65%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $9.71 ↓ -61%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $9.81 ↓ -61%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $9.94 ↓ -60%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $10.00 ↓ -60%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $10.00 ↓ -60%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $10.20 ↓ -59%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $10.20 ↓ -59%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $10.20 ↓ -59%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $10.24 ↓ -59%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $10.24 ↓ -59%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $10.24 ↓ -59%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $10.24 ↓ -59%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $10.49 ↓ -58%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $10.49 ↓ -58%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $14.17 ↓ -43%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $15.05 ↓ -40%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $16.02 ↓ -36%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $16.99 ↓ -32%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $23.80 ↓ -5%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $26.00 ↑ +4%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $29.13 ↑ +17%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $29.37 ↑ +17%
Highmark Performance_Blue $29.37 ↑ +17%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $29.37 ↑ +17%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $35.39 ↑ +42%
Aetna All_Plans $40.10 ↑ +60%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $44.08 ↑ +76%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $45.00 ↑ +80%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $45.00 ↑ +80%
Geisinger All_Plans $45.00 ↑ +80%
PHC All_Plans $60.00 ↑ +140%
Cigna All_Plans $62.60 ↑ +150%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $63.17 ↑ +153%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $72.20 ↑ +189%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $90.25 ↑ +261%

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Diabetes (HbA1c) Test at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $86.40 $7.00 – $115.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $66.60 $3.50 – $99.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $49.20 $7.00 – $69.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $75.00 $6.31 – $100.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $49.20 $7.00 – $67.98
UPMC East Monroeville $158.40 $7.00 – $211.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $125.40 $7.00 – $20.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $74.40 $7.70 – $10.49

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