Insert/repl sq defib w/eltrd at WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital
252 S. 4th St., Lebanon, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1407928500
$72,809.60
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.
$91,012.00
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.
$6,420.00 with Aetna_Better_Health_Kids vs $115,418.88 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 | $6,420.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $28,500.00 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO | $30,452.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $31,671.07 | ↓ -57% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $31,987.78 | ↓ -56% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $32,061.58 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $32,621.20 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $32,621.20 | ↓ -55% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $33,254.62 | ↓ -54% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $33,254.62 | ↓ -54% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $33,254.62 | ↓ -54% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $33,397.14 | ↓ -54% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $33,412.98 | ↓ -54% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $33,412.98 | ↓ -54% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $33,412.98 | ↓ -54% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $34,204.76 | ↓ -53% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $34,204.76 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $38,065.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $49,090.16 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $50,966.72 | ↓ -30% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $52,257.27 | ↓ -28% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $54,607.20 | ↓ -25% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $54,607.20 | ↓ -25% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $54,607.20 | ↓ -25% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $54,607.20 | ↓ -25% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $55,424.37 | ↓ -24% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $56,063.39 | ↓ -23% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $58,083.86 | ↓ -20% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $72,809.60 | ↑ +0% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $85,369.26 | ↑ +17% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $95,795.49 | ↑ +32% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $95,795.49 | ↑ +32% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $95,795.49 | ↑ +32% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $115,418.88 | ↑ +59% |
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Insert/repl sq defib w/eltrd at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $40,435.80 | $401.56 – $53,914.40 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $48,933.60 | $922.97 – $69,322.60 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $48,933.60 | $922.97 – $69,322.60 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $31,258.80 | $405.38 – $41,678.40 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $34,910.40 | $401.56 – $44,457.34 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $48,933.60 | $922.97 – $49,005.49 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $48,933.60 | $922.97 – $49,270.19 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $2,995.20 | $405.38 – $33,623.56 |