Epoetin alfa-epbx 40,000 unit/ml injection solution 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

$1,118.80

Cash price

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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.

$1,398.50

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.

$8.36 with Blue_Cross vs $223.80 with PHC — 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 $8.36 ↓ -99%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $9.26 ↓ -99%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $11.70 ↓ -99%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $13.35 ↓ -99%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $15.70 ↓ -99%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $15.70 ↓ -99%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $15.70 ↓ -99%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $15.70 ↓ -99%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $15.70 ↓ -99%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $15.86 ↓ -99%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $16.17 ↓ -99%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $16.17 ↓ -99%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $16.49 ↓ -99%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $16.49 ↓ -99%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $16.49 ↓ -99%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $16.56 ↓ -99%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $16.56 ↓ -99%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $16.56 ↓ -99%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $16.56 ↓ -99%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $16.72 ↓ -99%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $16.96 ↓ -98%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $16.96 ↓ -98%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $24.34 ↓ -98%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $25.91 ↓ -98%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $27.48 ↓ -98%
Highmark Performance_Blue $47.49 ↓ -96%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $47.49 ↓ -96%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $47.49 ↓ -96%
Aetna All_Plans $47.73 ↓ -96%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $48.45 ↓ -96%
Cigna All_Plans $49.49 ↓ -96%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $52.51 ↓ -95%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $57.22 ↓ -95%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $130.73 ↓ -88%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $167.85 ↓ -85%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $167.85 ↓ -85%
Geisinger All_Plans $167.85 ↓ -85%
PHC All_Plans $223.80 ↓ -80%

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Epoetin alfa-epbx 40,000 unit/ml injection solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $865.80 $4.96 – $28.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $243.00 $2.83 – $34.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $264.60 $3.01 – $21.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,098.60 $7.85 – $88.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $264.60 $4.40 – $21.40
UPMC East Monroeville $243.00 $4.54 – $30.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $958.80 $4.96 – $24.61
UPMC Northwest Seneca $918.00 $4.96 – $22.47

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