Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta 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

$10,528.00

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$13,160.00

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.

$222.08 with PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid vs $26,645.50 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
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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
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $222.08 ↓ -98%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $222.08 ↓ -98%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $222.08 ↓ -98%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $222.08 ↓ -98%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $222.08 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $252.28 ↓ -98%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $604.04 ↓ -94%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $5,632.08 ↓ -47%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $5,688.40 ↓ -46%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $5,801.04 ↓ -45%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $5,801.04 ↓ -45%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $5,913.68 ↓ -44%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $5,913.68 ↓ -44%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $5,913.68 ↓ -44%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $5,939.03 ↓ -44%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $5,941.84 ↓ -44%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $5,941.84 ↓ -44%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $5,941.84 ↓ -44%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $6,082.65 ↓ -42%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $6,082.65 ↓ -42%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $6,149.67 ↓ -42%
Aetna All_Plans $7,369.60 ↓ -30%
Geisinger All_Plans $7,896.00 ↓ -25%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $7,896.00 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $7,896.00 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $7,896.00 ↓ -25%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $8,106.56 ↓ -23%
Cigna All_Plans $8,398.71 ↓ -20%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $8,729.72 ↓ -17%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $9,292.93 ↓ -12%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $9,856.14 ↓ -6%
PHC All_Plans $10,528.00 ↑ +0%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $12,344.08 ↑ +17%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $16,056.00 ↑ +53%
Highmark Performance_Blue $17,035.35 ↑ +62%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $17,035.35 ↑ +62%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $17,035.35 ↑ +62%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $20,524.99 ↑ +95%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $21,444.00 ↑ +104%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $26,645.50 ↑ +153%

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Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $7,684.20 $177.66 – $10,245.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $12,150.60 $225.63 – $17,213.35
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $12,150.60 $225.63 – $17,213.35
UPMC East Monroeville $7,523.40 $195.43 – $10,031.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $5,144.40 $195.43 – $7,905.86
UPMC Northwest Seneca $8,154.60 $195.43 – $5,707.51
UPMC Hanover Hanover $12,150.60 $225.63 – $8,714.66
UPMC Lititz Lititz $12,150.60 $225.63 – $8,761.73

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