Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe streptococcus group a 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

$122.40

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$153.00

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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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$28.99 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $326.41 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

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
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $28.99 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $28.99 ↓ -76%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $28.99 ↓ -76%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $28.99 ↓ -76%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $28.99 ↓ -76%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $32.93 ↓ -73%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $35.09 ↓ -71%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $35.44 ↓ -71%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $36.14 ↓ -70%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $36.14 ↓ -70%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $36.84 ↓ -70%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $36.84 ↓ -70%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $36.84 ↓ -70%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $37.00 ↓ -70%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $37.02 ↓ -70%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $37.02 ↓ -70%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $37.02 ↓ -70%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $37.90 ↓ -69%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $37.90 ↓ -69%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $54.39 ↓ -56%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $57.90 ↓ -53%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $61.41 ↓ -50%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $78.85 ↓ -36%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $83.03 ↓ -32%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $91.80 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $91.80 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $91.80 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $91.80 ↓ -25%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $105.27 ↓ -14%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $106.14 ↓ -13%
Highmark Performance_Blue $106.14 ↓ -13%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $106.14 ↓ -13%
PHC All_Plans $122.40 ↑ +0%
Cigna All_Plans $127.69 ↑ +4%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $127.88 ↑ +4%
Aetna All_Plans $144.92 ↑ +18%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $159.31 ↑ +30%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $228.49 ↑ +87%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $261.13 ↑ +113%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $326.41 ↑ +167%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe streptococcus group a at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $195.60 $19.30 – $277.10
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $195.60 $28.03 – $277.10
UPMC Hamot Erie $501.60 $34.68 – $90.15
UPMC Northwest Seneca $568.20 $31.82 – $37.90
UPMC Hanover Hanover $195.60 $28.03 – $249.93
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $333.00 $31.42 – $65.85
UPMC Jameson New Castle $697.20 $24.61 – $91.74
UPMC Kane Kane $79.20 $34.68 – $184.04

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