Ghs abscess perianal iandd 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

$934.40

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.

$1,168.00

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.

$94.58 with Geisinger_Medicaid vs $5,870.00 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
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $94.58 ↓ -90%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $94.58 ↓ -90%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $94.58 ↓ -90%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $94.58 ↓ -90%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $94.58 ↓ -90%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $107.44 ↓ -89%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $257.24 ↓ -72%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $700.80 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $700.80 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $700.80 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $700.80 ↓ -25%
Cigna All_Plans $745.42 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $900.61 ↓ -4%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $909.62 ↓ -3%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $927.63 ↓ -1%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $927.63 ↓ -1%
PHC All_Plans $934.40 ↑ +0%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $945.64 ↑ +1%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $945.64 ↑ +1%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $945.64 ↑ +1%
Aetna All_Plans $948.42 ↑ +2%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $949.69 ↑ +2%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $950.14 ↑ +2%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $950.14 ↑ +2%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $950.14 ↑ +2%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $972.66 ↑ +4%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $972.66 ↑ +4%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $1,043.02 ↑ +12%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,095.58 ↑ +17%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $1,395.95 ↑ +49%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $1,486.01 ↑ +59%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $1,576.07 ↑ +69%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $2,724.08 ↑ +192%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $2,724.08 ↑ +192%
Highmark Performance_Blue $2,724.08 ↑ +192%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $3,282.09 ↑ +251%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $4,109.00 ↑ +340%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $4,396.00 ↑ +370%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $4,696.00 ↑ +403%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $5,870.00 ↑ +528%

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Ghs abscess perianal iandd at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,046.00 $75.66 – $2,728.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $3,913.20 $79.44 – $5,869.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,158.00 $96.09 – $1,640.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,266.00 $24.12 – $771.51
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,158.00 $96.09 – $1,731.24
UPMC East Monroeville $2,281.20 $83.23 – $3,041.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,335.80 $83.23 – $1,264.19
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,449.40 $83.23 – $912.67

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