Insertion pacing electrode lv pacing w/insertion of ppm/implantable defibrillator 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

$72,056.00

Cash price

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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.

$90,070.00

Gross charge

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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 $84,485.66 with United_Healthcare — 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
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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
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $6,420.00 ↓ -91%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $28,500.00 ↓ -60%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $30,452.00 ↓ -58%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $38,065.00 ↓ -47%
Aetna All_Plans $50,439.20 ↓ -30%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $54,042.00 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $54,042.00 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $54,042.00 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $54,042.00 ↓ -25%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $55,483.12 ↓ -23%
Cigna All_Plans $57,482.67 ↓ -20%
PHC All_Plans $72,056.00 ↑ +0%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $84,485.66 ↑ +17%

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Insertion pacing electrode lv pacing w/insertion of ppm/implantable defibrillator at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,704.00 $814.86 – $19,290.43
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $5,751.00 $440.11 – $17,298.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $5,751.00 $440.11 – $19,290.43
UPMC East Monroeville $24,882.60 $814.86 – $33,176.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $12,843.00 $814.86 – $23,949.76
UPMC Hanover Hanover $5,751.00 $440.11 – $19,290.43
UPMC Lititz Lititz $5,751.00 $440.11 – $19,290.43
UPMC Memorial York $5,751.00 $440.11 – $19,290.43

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