Lipoprotein direct measurement ldl 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

$44.00

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.

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.

$55.00

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.

$10.50 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $88.72 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
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $10.50 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $10.61 ↓ -76%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $10.82 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $10.82 ↓ -75%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $11.03 ↓ -75%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $11.03 ↓ -75%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $11.03 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $11.07 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $11.08 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $11.08 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $11.08 ↓ -75%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $11.34 ↓ -74%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $11.34 ↓ -74%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $13.93 ↓ -68%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $15.00 ↓ -66%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $15.00 ↓ -66%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $15.00 ↓ -66%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $15.00 ↓ -66%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $15.00 ↓ -66%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $16.28 ↓ -63%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $17.04 ↓ -61%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $17.33 ↓ -61%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $18.38 ↓ -58%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $31.50 ↓ -28%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $31.76 ↓ -28%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $31.76 ↓ -28%
Highmark Performance_Blue $31.76 ↓ -28%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $33.00 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $33.00 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $33.00 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $33.00 ↓ -25%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $38.27 ↓ -13%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $40.80 ↓ -7%
Aetna All_Plans $43.37 ↓ -1%
PHC All_Plans $44.00 ↑ +0%
Cigna All_Plans $45.90 ↑ +4%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $47.67 ↑ +8%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $62.10 ↑ +41%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $70.98 ↑ +61%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $88.72 ↑ +102%

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Lipoprotein direct measurement ldl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $106.20 $9.18 – $141.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $72.60 $3.79 – $108.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $54.00 $10.39 – $76.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $105.00 $6.83 – $140.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $54.00 $9.00 – $38.25
UPMC East Monroeville $70.80 $9.27 – $94.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $37.80 $9.18 – $16.68
UPMC Northwest Seneca $62.40 $9.52 – $13.80

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