Leg Vein Ultrasound (DVT study, both legs) 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

$1,214.40

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$1,518.00

Gross charge

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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.

$183.33 with Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid vs $1,423.88 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

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
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $183.33 ↓ -85%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $183.33 ↓ -85%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $183.33 ↓ -85%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $183.33 ↓ -85%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $183.33 ↓ -85%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $208.26 ↓ -83%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $238.78 ↓ -80%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $241.17 ↓ -80%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $245.94 ↓ -80%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $245.94 ↓ -80%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $250.72 ↓ -79%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $250.72 ↓ -79%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $250.72 ↓ -79%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $251.79 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $251.91 ↓ -79%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $251.91 ↓ -79%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $251.91 ↓ -79%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $257.88 ↓ -79%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $257.88 ↓ -79%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $370.11 ↓ -70%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $393.99 ↓ -68%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $417.87 ↓ -66%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $498.64 ↓ -59%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $620.71 ↓ -49%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $709.36 ↓ -42%
Highmark Performance_Blue $722.24 ↓ -41%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $722.24 ↓ -41%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $722.24 ↓ -41%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $870.19 ↓ -28%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $886.66 ↓ -27%
Cigna All_Plans $894.25 ↓ -26%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $910.80 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $910.80 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $910.80 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $910.80 ↓ -25%
PHC All_Plans $1,214.40 ↑ +0%
Aetna All_Plans $1,232.62 ↑ +2%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $1,355.57 ↑ +12%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,423.88 ↑ +17%

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Leg Vein Ultrasound (DVT study, both legs) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,053.00 $114.20 – $1,404.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $466.80 $83.15 – $700.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $819.60 $149.60 – $1,161.10
UPMC Cole Coudersport $495.00 $153.99 – $660.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $819.60 $27.00 – $479.25
UPMC East Monroeville $817.80 $159.46 – $1,090.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,021.80 $84.33 – $460.85
UPMC Northwest Seneca $505.80 $161.33 – $422.38

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