Phlebotomy therapeutic 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

$110.00

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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$677.00

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.

$12.50 with PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid vs $604.56 with First_Health_Network — 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
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $12.50 ↓ -89%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $12.50 ↓ -89%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $12.50 ↓ -89%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $12.50 ↓ -89%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $12.50 ↓ -89%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $14.20 ↓ -87%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $34.00 ↓ -69%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $127.33 ↑ +16%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $128.60 ↑ +17%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $131.15 ↑ +19%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $131.15 ↑ +19%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $133.70 ↑ +22%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $133.70 ↑ +22%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $133.70 ↑ +22%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $134.27 ↑ +22%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $134.33 ↑ +22%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $134.33 ↑ +22%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $134.33 ↑ +22%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $137.52 ↑ +25%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $137.52 ↑ +25%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $197.36 ↑ +79%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $210.09 ↑ +91%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $222.83 ↑ +103%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $276.83 ↑ +152%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $316.36 ↑ +188%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $385.14 ↑ +250%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $385.14 ↑ +250%
Highmark Performance_Blue $385.14 ↑ +250%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $395.44 ↑ +259%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $406.20 ↑ +269%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $406.20 ↑ +269%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $406.20 ↑ +269%
Geisinger All_Plans $406.20 ↑ +269%
Cigna All_Plans $432.06 ↑ +293%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $464.03 ↑ +322%
PHC All_Plans $541.60 ↑ +392%
Aetna All_Plans $549.72 ↑ +400%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $604.56 ↑ +450%

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Phlebotomy therapeutic at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $261.00 $10.00 – $348.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $250.80 $10.50 – $376.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $231.00 $12.70 – $327.25
UPMC Cole Coudersport $298.20 $10.50 – $397.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $231.00 $12.70 – $327.25
UPMC East Monroeville $272.40 $11.00 – $363.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $192.00 $11.00 – $161.87
UPMC Northwest Seneca $331.80 $11.00 – $129.03

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