Ghs ng placement w fluoro guidance 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

$368.00

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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.

$460.00

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.

$82.80 with Aetna_Better_Health_Kids vs $1,436.51 with Highmark — 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
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $82.80 ↓ -78%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $188.09 ↓ -49%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $214.96 ↓ -42%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $268.69 ↓ -27%
Geisinger All_Plans $276.00 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $276.00 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $276.00 ↓ -25%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $276.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna All_Plans $293.57 ↓ -20%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $299.28 ↓ -19%
PHC All_Plans $368.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna All_Plans $373.52 ↑ +2%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $394.18 ↑ +7%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $394.18 ↑ +7%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $398.12 ↑ +8%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $406.01 ↑ +10%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $406.01 ↑ +10%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $410.78 ↑ +12%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $413.89 ↑ +12%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $413.89 ↑ +12%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $413.89 ↑ +12%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $415.66 ↑ +13%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $415.86 ↑ +13%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $415.86 ↑ +13%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $415.86 ↑ +13%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $425.71 ↑ +16%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $425.71 ↑ +16%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $431.48 ↑ +17%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $610.98 ↑ +66%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $650.40 ↑ +77%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $689.82 ↑ +87%
Highmark Performance_Blue $1,192.28 ↑ +224%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $1,192.28 ↑ +224%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $1,192.28 ↑ +224%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $1,436.51 ↑ +290%

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Ghs ng placement w fluoro guidance at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $394.20 $76.27 – $525.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $474.00 $137.26 – $711.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,304.60 $209.95 – $3,264.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $146.40 $38.81 – $112.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,304.60 $301.72 – $3,264.85
UPMC East Monroeville $320.40 $76.99 – $427.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $447.00 $76.27 – $553.32
UPMC Northwest Seneca $334.20 $197.94 – $410.88

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