Oth resp proc, group 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

$288.80

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.

$361.00

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.

$38.77 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $338.62 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_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $38.77 ↓ -87%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $39.16 ↓ -86%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $39.93 ↓ -86%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $39.93 ↓ -86%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $40.71 ↓ -86%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $40.71 ↓ -86%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $40.71 ↓ -86%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $40.88 ↓ -86%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $40.90 ↓ -86%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $40.90 ↓ -86%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $40.90 ↓ -86%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $41.87 ↓ -86%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $41.87 ↓ -86%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $50.00 ↓ -83%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -83%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $50.00 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $56.80 ↓ -80%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $60.09 ↓ -79%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $63.97 ↓ -78%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $64.98 ↓ -78%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $67.85 ↓ -77%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $117.27 ↓ -59%
Highmark Performance_Blue $117.27 ↓ -59%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $117.27 ↓ -59%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $141.29 ↓ -51%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $147.61 ↓ -49%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $168.70 ↓ -42%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $210.86 ↓ -27%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $216.60 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $216.60 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $216.60 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $216.60 ↓ -25%
Cigna All_Plans $230.39 ↓ -20%
PHC All_Plans $288.80 ↑ +0%
Aetna All_Plans $293.13 ↑ +1%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $322.37 ↑ +12%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $338.62 ↑ +17%

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Oth resp proc, group at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $304.80 $27.14 – $431.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $80.40 $9.42 – $30.77
UPMC Hanover Hanover $304.80 $27.14 – $60.54
UPMC Jameson New Castle $58.80 $9.59 – $46.77
UPMC Lititz Lititz $304.80 $27.14 – $60.54
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $58.80 $9.51 – $41.16
UPMC Memorial York $304.80 $7.68 – $60.54
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $38.40 $9.42 – $47.80

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