Guided cath fluid drainage 10030 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

$1,224.80

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$1,531.00

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.

$156.60 with Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid vs $2,532.86 with Highmark — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $156.60 ↓ -87%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $156.60 ↓ -87%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $156.60 ↓ -87%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $156.60 ↓ -87%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $156.60 ↓ -87%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $177.90 ↓ -85%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $425.95 ↓ -65%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $695.02 ↓ -43%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $701.97 ↓ -43%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $715.87 ↓ -42%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $715.87 ↓ -42%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $729.77 ↓ -40%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $729.77 ↓ -40%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $729.77 ↓ -40%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $732.90 ↓ -40%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $733.25 ↓ -40%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $733.25 ↓ -40%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $733.25 ↓ -40%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $750.62 ↓ -39%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $750.62 ↓ -39%
Aetna All_Plans $857.36 ↓ -30%
Geisinger All_Plans $918.60 ↓ -25%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $918.60 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $918.60 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $918.60 ↓ -25%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $943.10 ↓ -23%
Cigna All_Plans $977.08 ↓ -20%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $1,077.28 ↓ -12%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $1,131.20 ↓ -8%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $1,146.78 ↓ -6%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $1,209.00 ↓ -1%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $1,216.29 ↓ -1%
PHC All_Plans $1,224.80 ↑ +0%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $1,292.80 ↑ +6%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,436.08 ↑ +17%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $1,616.00 ↑ +32%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $2,102.23 ↑ +72%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $2,102.23 ↑ +72%
Highmark Performance_Blue $2,102.23 ↑ +72%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $2,532.86 ↑ +107%

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Guided cath fluid drainage 10030 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,907.20 $125.28 – $5,209.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $4,608.60 $159.11 – $6,528.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,608.60 $164.12 – $6,528.85
UPMC East Monroeville $1,181.40 $137.81 – $1,575.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,451.40 $137.81 – $1,036.64
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,473.60 $137.81 – $1,036.64
UPMC Hanover Hanover $4,608.60 $159.11 – $1,084.86
UPMC Jameson New Castle $2,690.40 $137.81 – $1,036.64

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