Nerve conduction 7-8 studies 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

$1,476.00

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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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$1,845.00

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.

$80.20 with Blue_Cross vs $1,730.61 with United_Healthcare — 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 $80.20 ↓ -95%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $174.83 ↓ -88%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $174.83 ↓ -88%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $174.83 ↓ -88%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $174.83 ↓ -88%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $174.83 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $198.60 ↓ -87%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $307.61 ↓ -79%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $310.69 ↓ -79%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $316.84 ↓ -79%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $316.84 ↓ -79%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $322.99 ↓ -78%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $322.99 ↓ -78%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $322.99 ↓ -78%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $324.37 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $324.53 ↓ -78%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $324.53 ↓ -78%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $324.53 ↓ -78%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $332.22 ↓ -77%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $332.22 ↓ -77%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $475.52 ↓ -68%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $476.80 ↓ -68%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $507.56 ↓ -66%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $538.32 ↓ -64%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $754.42 ↓ -49%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $862.17 ↓ -42%
Highmark Performance_Blue $930.43 ↓ -37%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $930.43 ↓ -37%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $930.43 ↓ -37%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $1,077.66 ↓ -27%
Cigna All_Plans $1,086.89 ↓ -26%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $1,107.00 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $1,107.00 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $1,107.00 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $1,107.00 ↓ -25%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $1,121.02 ↓ -24%
PHC All_Plans $1,476.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna All_Plans $1,498.14 ↑ +2%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $1,647.59 ↑ +12%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,730.61 ↑ +17%

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Nerve conduction 7-8 studies at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $453.00 $58.99 – $604.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,137.60 $107.11 – $1,706.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $177.60 $40.55 – $476.62
UPMC Cole Coudersport $224.40 $45.46 – $249.53
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $177.60 $59.20 – $327.76
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,658.40 $62.88 – $375.76
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,450.20 $153.85 – $311.72
UPMC Hanover Hanover $177.60 $77.28 – $475.97

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