Ghs alpha thalasemia, 7 deletions 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

$408.80

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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.

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$511.00

Gross charge

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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.

$102.26 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $692.61 with Aetna_Better_Health_Kids — 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

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_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $102.26 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $103.28 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $105.33 ↓ -74%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $105.33 ↓ -74%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $107.37 ↓ -74%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $107.37 ↓ -74%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $107.37 ↓ -74%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $107.83 ↓ -74%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $107.88 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $107.88 ↓ -74%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $107.88 ↓ -74%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $110.44 ↓ -73%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $110.44 ↓ -73%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $135.01 ↓ -67%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $158.50 ↓ -61%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $168.73 ↓ -59%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $178.96 ↓ -56%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $238.79 ↓ -42%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $254.64 ↓ -38%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $254.64 ↓ -38%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $254.64 ↓ -38%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $254.64 ↓ -38%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $254.64 ↓ -38%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $289.27 ↓ -29%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $306.60 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $306.60 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $306.60 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $306.60 ↓ -25%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $306.78 ↓ -25%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $309.31 ↓ -24%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $309.31 ↓ -24%
Highmark Performance_Blue $309.31 ↓ -24%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $372.67 ↓ -9%
PHC All_Plans $408.80 ↑ +0%
Aetna All_Plans $422.33 ↑ +3%
Cigna All_Plans $426.48 ↑ +4%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $455.91 ↑ +12%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $464.26 ↑ +14%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $651.29 ↑ +59%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $692.61 ↑ +69%

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Ghs alpha thalasemia, 7 deletions at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,593.00 $101.06 – $2,124.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $591.60 $96.83 – $838.10
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $591.60 $101.24 – $838.10
UPMC East Monroeville $1,687.20 $101.06 – $2,249.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,687.20 $92.74 – $234.27
UPMC Hanover Hanover $591.60 $96.83 – $277.45
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,687.20 $91.55 – $283.14
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,591.80 $101.06 – $261.48

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