Iron sucrose 20 mg iron/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) 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

$268.40

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.

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.

$335.50

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.

$0.25 with Blue_Cross vs $208.80 with PHC — 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
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $0.25 ↓ -100%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $17.50 ↓ -93%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $20.00 ↓ -93%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $22.90 ↓ -91%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $22.90 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $22.90 ↓ -91%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $22.90 ↓ -91%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $25.00 ↓ -91%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $25.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna All_Plans $69.62 ↓ -74%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $70.40 ↓ -74%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $76.58 ↓ -71%
Cigna All_Plans $84.00 ↓ -69%
Geisinger All_Plans $156.60 ↓ -42%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $156.60 ↓ -42%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $156.60 ↓ -42%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $201.30 ↓ -25%
PHC All_Plans $208.80 ↓ -22%

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Iron sucrose 20 mg iron/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $141.60 $0.14 – $12.21
UPMC Bedford Everett $682.20 $0.14 – $12.21
UPMC Cole Coudersport $313.80 $0.23 – $159.20
UPMC East Monroeville $540.60 $0.14 – $12.82
UPMC Hamot Erie $715.80 $0.14 – $14.65
UPMC Northwest Seneca $315.00 $0.14 – $14.65
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $315.00 $0.14 – $13.43
UPMC Jameson New Castle $227.40 $0.14 – $1.25

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