Inj nephrosto/ureterogram w/img exstng access 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

$1,516.80

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$1,896.00

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.

$66.88 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $3,498.00 with Blue_Cross — 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

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
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $66.88 ↓ -96%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $66.88 ↓ -96%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $66.88 ↓ -96%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $66.88 ↓ -96%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $66.88 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $75.97 ↓ -95%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $181.90 ↓ -88%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $659.34 ↓ -57%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $665.93 ↓ -56%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $679.12 ↓ -55%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $679.12 ↓ -55%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $692.31 ↓ -54%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $692.31 ↓ -54%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $692.31 ↓ -54%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $695.27 ↓ -54%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $695.60 ↓ -54%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $695.60 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $695.60 ↓ -54%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $712.09 ↓ -53%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $712.09 ↓ -53%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $1,021.98 ↓ -33%
Aetna All_Plans $1,061.76 ↓ -30%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $1,087.91 ↓ -28%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $1,137.60 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $1,137.60 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $1,137.60 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $1,137.60 ↓ -25%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $1,153.85 ↓ -24%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $1,167.94 ↓ -23%
Cigna All_Plans $1,210.03 ↓ -20%
PHC All_Plans $1,516.80 ↑ +0%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,778.45 ↑ +17%
Highmark Performance_Blue $1,994.31 ↑ +31%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $1,994.31 ↑ +31%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $1,994.31 ↑ +31%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $2,402.83 ↑ +58%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $2,448.60 ↑ +61%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $2,620.00 ↑ +73%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $2,798.40 ↑ +84%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $3,498.00 ↑ +131%

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Inj nephrosto/ureterogram w/img exstng access at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,977.00 $109.24 – $2,636.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $2,092.80 $209.24 – $3,139.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,266.00 $218.97 – $1,793.50
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,266.00 $218.97 – $1,793.50
UPMC East Monroeville $2,092.80 $110.28 – $2,790.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,189.40 $109.24 – $925.53
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,092.80 $209.24 – $687.26
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,266.00 $218.97 – $1,355.70

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