Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr 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

$2,407.20

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.

$3,009.00

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.

$175.48 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $3,432.00 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
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $175.48 ↓ -93%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $175.48 ↓ -93%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $175.48 ↓ -93%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $175.48 ↓ -93%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $175.48 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $199.34 ↓ -92%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $477.29 ↓ -80%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $780.44 ↓ -68%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $788.24 ↓ -67%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $803.85 ↓ -67%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $803.85 ↓ -67%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $819.46 ↓ -66%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $819.46 ↓ -66%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $819.46 ↓ -66%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $822.97 ↓ -66%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $823.36 ↓ -66%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $823.36 ↓ -66%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $823.36 ↓ -66%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $842.88 ↓ -65%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $842.88 ↓ -65%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $1,209.68 ↓ -50%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $1,287.73 ↓ -47%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $1,365.77 ↓ -43%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $1,805.40 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $1,805.40 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $1,805.40 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $1,805.40 ↓ -25%
Cigna All_Plans $1,920.34 ↓ -20%
Highmark Performance_Blue $2,360.60 ↓ -2%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $2,360.60 ↓ -2%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $2,360.60 ↓ -2%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $2,402.40 ↓ -0%
PHC All_Plans $2,407.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna All_Plans $2,443.31 ↑ +2%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $2,571.00 ↑ +7%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $2,687.04 ↑ +12%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $2,745.60 ↑ +14%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $2,822.44 ↑ +17%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $2,844.16 ↑ +18%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $3,432.00 ↑ +43%

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Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,282.20 $95.00 – $1,709.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $841.20 $124.45 – $1,191.70
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $841.20 $68.20 – $664.18
UPMC East Monroeville $900.00 $154.42 – $1,200.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $811.20 $154.42 – $655.62
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,025.40 $154.42 – $634.66
UPMC Hanover Hanover $841.20 $124.45 – $664.18
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $957.60 $154.42 – $634.66

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