Hemodialysis one evaluation at WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital
252 S. 4th St., Lebanon, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1407928500
$830.40
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.
$1,038.00
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.
$46.80 with Aetna_Better_Health_Kids vs $2,518.94 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.
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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| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $46.80 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $106.31 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO | $121.50 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $151.87 | ↓ -82% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $156.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $156.00 | ↓ -81% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $156.00 | ↓ -81% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $156.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $165.93 | ↓ -80% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $208.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $211.12 | ↓ -75% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $232.18 | ↓ -72% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $243.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $524.79 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $691.20 | ↓ -17% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $691.20 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $698.11 | ↓ -16% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $711.94 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $711.94 | ↓ -14% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $725.76 | ↓ -13% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $725.76 | ↓ -13% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $725.76 | ↓ -13% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $728.87 | ↓ -12% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $729.22 | ↓ -12% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $729.22 | ↓ -12% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $729.22 | ↓ -12% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $746.50 | ↓ -10% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $746.50 | ↓ -10% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $1,071.36 | ↑ +29% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $1,140.48 | ↑ +37% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $1,209.60 | ↑ +46% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $2,090.67 | ↑ +152% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $2,090.67 | ↑ +152% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $2,090.67 | ↑ +152% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $2,518.94 | ↑ +203% |
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Hemodialysis one evaluation at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $1,635.00 | $272.47 – $2,180.00 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $817.20 | $240.69 – $1,225.80 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $1,081.80 | $216.15 – $1,532.55 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $1,081.80 | $216.15 – $1,532.55 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $1,261.20 | $286.45 – $770.40 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $6,177.60 | $152.56 – $831.51 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $1,223.40 | $279.71 – $720.47 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $1,081.80 | $216.15 – $1,145.76 |