Egd dilate stricture 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

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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.

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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.

$970.00 with Geisinger_Medicaid vs $6,828.98 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
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $970.00
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $1,101.92
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $1,873.88
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $1,892.62
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $1,930.10
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $1,930.10
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $1,955.00
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $1,967.57
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $1,967.57
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $1,967.57
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $1,976.01
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $1,976.94
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $1,976.94
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $1,976.94
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $2,023.79
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $2,023.79
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $2,620.00
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $2,798.40
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $2,904.51
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $3,091.90
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $3,279.29
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $3,498.00
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $3,498.00
Highmark Performance_Blue $5,667.92
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $5,667.92
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $5,667.92
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $6,420.00
Highmark All_Other_Plans $6,828.98
PHC All_Plans not published by hospital
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids not published by hospital
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents not published by hospital
United_Healthcare All_Plans not published by hospital
First_Health_Network All_Plans not published by hospital
Geisinger All_Plans not published by hospital
Aetna All_Plans not published by hospital
Cigna All_Plans not published by hospital

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Egd dilate stricture at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,675.80 $163.82 – $2,234.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $4,893.00 $172.01 – $7,339.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $379.20 $172.01 – $1,041.88
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $3,435.00 $180.20 – $1,953.23
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $841.80 $180.20 – $1,953.23
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $2,992.80 $180.20 – $1,989.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5,507.40 $180.20 – $1,989.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,394.60 $180.20 – $1,989.40

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