Ghs layer closure 2.5 cm or less - 12031 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

$618.40

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.

$773.00

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.

$30.63 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
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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 $30.63 ↓ -95%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $30.63 ↓ -95%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $30.63 ↓ -95%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $30.63 ↓ -95%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $30.63 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $34.79 ↓ -94%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $83.30 ↓ -87%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $197.33 ↓ -68%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $199.30 ↓ -68%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $203.25 ↓ -67%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $203.25 ↓ -67%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $207.20 ↓ -66%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $207.20 ↓ -66%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $207.20 ↓ -66%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $208.08 ↓ -66%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $208.18 ↓ -66%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $208.18 ↓ -66%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $208.18 ↓ -66%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $213.12 ↓ -66%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $213.12 ↓ -66%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $305.86 ↓ -51%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $325.59 ↓ -47%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $345.33 ↓ -44%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $463.80 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $463.80 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $463.80 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $463.80 ↓ -25%
Cigna All_Plans $493.33 ↓ -20%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $596.86 ↓ -3%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $596.86 ↓ -3%
Highmark Performance_Blue $596.86 ↓ -3%
PHC All_Plans $618.40 ↑ +0%
Aetna All_Plans $627.68 ↑ +2%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $690.29 ↑ +12%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $719.13 ↑ +16%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $725.07 ↑ +17%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $1,131.20 ↑ +83%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $1,209.00 ↑ +96%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $1,292.80 ↑ +109%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $1,616.00 ↑ +161%

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Ghs layer closure 2.5 cm or less - 12031 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $574.80 $24.50 – $766.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $289.20 $25.73 – $433.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $520.80 $31.11 – $737.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $745.20 $25.73 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $520.80 $31.11 – $737.80
UPMC East Monroeville $543.60 $26.95 – $724.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $541.20 $26.95 – $554.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $388.80 $26.95 – $399.94

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