Insertion catheter bladder temporary simple 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

$481.60

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$602.00

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.

$34.39 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $564.68 with United_Healthcare — 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
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $34.39 ↓ -93%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $34.39 ↓ -93%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $34.39 ↓ -93%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $34.39 ↓ -93%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $34.39 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $39.06 ↓ -92%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $93.53 ↓ -81%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $127.33 ↓ -74%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $128.60 ↓ -73%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $131.15 ↓ -73%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $131.15 ↓ -73%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $133.70 ↓ -72%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $133.70 ↓ -72%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $133.70 ↓ -72%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $134.27 ↓ -72%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $134.33 ↓ -72%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $134.33 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $134.33 ↓ -72%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $137.52 ↓ -71%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $137.52 ↓ -71%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $197.36 ↓ -59%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $210.09 ↓ -56%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $222.83 ↓ -54%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $246.16 ↓ -49%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $281.31 ↓ -42%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $351.63 ↓ -27%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $361.20 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $361.20 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $361.20 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $361.20 ↓ -25%
Cigna All_Plans $384.20 ↓ -20%
Highmark Performance_Blue $385.14 ↓ -20%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $385.14 ↓ -20%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $385.14 ↓ -20%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $464.03 ↓ -4%
PHC All_Plans $481.60 ↑ +0%
Aetna All_Plans $488.82 ↑ +1%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $537.59 ↑ +12%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $564.68 ↑ +17%

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Insertion catheter bladder temporary simple at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $347.40 $27.51 – $463.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $416.40 $28.89 – $624.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $640.20 $34.94 – $906.95
UPMC Cole Coudersport $405.00 $26.96 – $167.61
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $640.20 $34.94 – $220.15
UPMC East Monroeville $720.00 $30.26 – $960.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $717.00 $30.26 – $178.73
UPMC Northwest Seneca $538.20 $30.26 – $167.61

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