Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31575 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

$617.60

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$772.00

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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.

$86.25 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $1,616.00 with Blue_Cross — same scan, same building. Share

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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
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $86.25 ↓ -86%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $86.25 ↓ -86%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $86.25 ↓ -86%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $86.25 ↓ -86%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $86.25 ↓ -86%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $97.98 ↓ -84%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $191.78 ↓ -69%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $193.70 ↓ -69%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $197.53 ↓ -68%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $197.53 ↓ -68%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $201.37 ↓ -67%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $201.37 ↓ -67%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $201.37 ↓ -67%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $202.23 ↓ -67%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $202.33 ↓ -67%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $202.33 ↓ -67%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $202.33 ↓ -67%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $207.12 ↓ -66%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $207.12 ↓ -66%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $234.60 ↓ -62%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $297.26 ↓ -52%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $316.44 ↓ -49%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $335.62 ↓ -46%
Aetna All_Plans $432.32 ↓ -30%
Geisinger All_Plans $463.20 ↓ -25%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $463.20 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $463.20 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $463.20 ↓ -25%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $475.55 ↓ -23%
Cigna All_Plans $492.69 ↓ -20%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $580.08 ↓ -6%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $580.08 ↓ -6%
Highmark Performance_Blue $580.08 ↓ -6%
PHC All_Plans $617.60 ↑ +0%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $698.90 ↑ +13%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $724.14 ↑ +17%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $1,131.20 ↑ +83%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $1,209.00 ↑ +96%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $1,292.80 ↑ +109%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $1,616.00 ↑ +162%

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Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31575 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $385.20 $69.00 – $513.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $956.40 $87.63 – $1,354.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $105.60 $22.18 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $956.40 $87.63 – $1,354.90
UPMC East Monroeville $856.80 $75.90 – $1,142.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $856.20 $75.90 – $321.79
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,199.40 $75.90 – $256.84
UPMC Hanover Hanover $956.40 $87.63 – $1,016.56

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