Lidocaine (pf) 4 mg/ml (0.4 %) in 5 % dextrose intravenous solution 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

$114.40

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$143.00

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$0.01 with Blue_Cross vs $114.40 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

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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The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $0.01 ↓ -100%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $6.00 ↓ -95%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $6.00 ↓ -95%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $6.00 ↓ -95%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $6.00 ↓ -95%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $6.00 ↓ -95%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $6.06 ↓ -95%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $6.18 ↓ -95%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $6.18 ↓ -95%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $6.30 ↓ -94%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $6.30 ↓ -94%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $6.30 ↓ -94%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $6.33 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $6.33 ↓ -94%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $6.33 ↓ -94%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $6.33 ↓ -94%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $6.48 ↓ -94%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $6.48 ↓ -94%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $9.30 ↓ -92%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $9.90 ↓ -91%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $10.50 ↓ -91%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $14.00 ↓ -88%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $18.15 ↓ -84%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $18.15 ↓ -84%
Highmark Performance_Blue $18.15 ↓ -84%
Aetna All_Plans $18.24 ↓ -84%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $20.00 ↓ -83%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $20.00 ↓ -83%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $20.06 ↓ -82%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $21.87 ↓ -81%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $64.00 ↓ -44%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $66.82 ↓ -42%
Cigna All_Plans $70.00 ↓ -39%
Geisinger All_Plans $85.80 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $85.80 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $85.80 ↓ -25%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $85.80 ↓ -25%
PHC All_Plans $114.40 ↑ +0%

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Lidocaine (pf) 4 mg/ml (0.4 %) in 5 % dextrose intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $4.20 $0.00 – $5.95
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4.20 $0.00 – $5.95
UPMC Hanover Hanover $4.20 $0.00 – $0.00
UPMC Kane Kane $18.00 $0.00 – $0.02
UPMC Lititz Lititz $4.20 $0.00 – $0.00
UPMC Memorial York $4.20 $0.00 – $0.01
UPMC Somerset Somerset $4.20 $0.00 – $0.00
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital Chambersburg $32.00 $0.01 – $70.00

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