Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 5.0 cm - 12052 at WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital
252 S. 4th St., Lebanon, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1407928500
$1,160.00
Cash price 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.
$1,450.00
Gross charge 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.
$59.38 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $59.38 | ↓ -95% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $59.38 | ↓ -95% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $59.38 | ↓ -95% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $59.38 | ↓ -95% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $59.38 | ↓ -95% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $67.45 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $161.50 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $394.66 | ↓ -66% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $398.61 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $406.50 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $406.50 | ↓ -65% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $414.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $414.39 | ↓ -64% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $414.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $416.17 | ↓ -64% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $416.37 | ↓ -64% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $416.37 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $416.37 | ↓ -64% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $426.23 | ↓ -63% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $426.23 | ↓ -63% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $611.72 | ↓ -47% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $651.19 | ↓ -44% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $690.66 | ↓ -40% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $870.00 | ↓ -25% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $870.00 | ↓ -25% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $870.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $870.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $925.39 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $1,131.20 | ↓ -2% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $1,160.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $1,177.40 | ↑ +2% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $1,193.73 | ↑ +3% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $1,193.73 | ↑ +3% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $1,193.73 | ↑ +3% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $1,209.00 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO | $1,292.80 | ↑ +11% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $1,294.85 | ↑ +12% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $1,360.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $1,438.26 | ↑ +24% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $1,616.00 | ↑ +39% |
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Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 5.0 cm - 12052 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $820.80 | $47.50 – $1,094.40 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $289.20 | $49.88 – $433.80 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $520.80 | $60.33 – $1,016.56 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $925.80 | $49.88 – $2,325.85 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $520.80 | $60.33 – $1,016.56 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $543.60 | $52.25 – $724.80 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $539.40 | $52.25 – $554.00 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $388.80 | $52.25 – $399.94 |