Ghs bladder cath - complex-foley 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

$651.20

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$814.00

Gross charge

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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.

$93.26 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $1,616.00 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

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 $93.26 ↓ -86%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $93.26 ↓ -86%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $93.26 ↓ -86%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $93.26 ↓ -86%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $93.26 ↓ -86%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $105.95 ↓ -84%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $154.55 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $156.10 ↓ -76%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $159.19 ↓ -76%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $159.19 ↓ -76%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $162.28 ↓ -75%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $162.28 ↓ -75%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $162.28 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $162.97 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $163.05 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $163.05 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $163.05 ↓ -75%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $166.91 ↓ -74%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $166.91 ↓ -74%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $239.55 ↓ -63%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $253.67 ↓ -61%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $255.01 ↓ -61%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $270.46 ↓ -58%
Aetna All_Plans $455.84 ↓ -30%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $467.47 ↓ -28%
Highmark Performance_Blue $467.47 ↓ -28%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $467.47 ↓ -28%
Geisinger All_Plans $488.40 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $488.40 ↓ -25%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $488.40 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $488.40 ↓ -25%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $501.42 ↓ -23%
Cigna All_Plans $519.49 ↓ -20%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $563.23 ↓ -14%
PHC All_Plans $651.20 ↑ +0%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $763.53 ↑ +17%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $1,131.20 ↑ +74%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $1,209.00 ↑ +86%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $1,292.80 ↑ +99%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $1,616.00 ↑ +148%

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Ghs bladder cath - complex-foley at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,272.60 $74.61 – $1,696.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $2,053.80 $53.82 – $3,080.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $871.20 $94.75 – $1,234.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $534.00 $45.74 – $235.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $871.20 $94.75 – $1,234.20
UPMC East Monroeville $1,198.80 $82.07 – $1,598.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,310.60 $82.07 – $285.96
UPMC Northwest Seneca $605.40 $82.07 – $235.40

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