Pr incision & removal foreign body subcutaneous tissues simple 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

$578.40

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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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$723.00

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.

$38.13 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $1,616.00 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
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $38.13 ↓ -93%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $38.13 ↓ -93%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $38.13 ↓ -93%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $38.13 ↓ -93%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $38.13 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $43.31 ↓ -93%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $103.70 ↓ -82%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $394.66 ↓ -32%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $398.61 ↓ -31%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $406.50 ↓ -30%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $406.50 ↓ -30%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $414.39 ↓ -28%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $414.39 ↓ -28%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $414.39 ↓ -28%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $416.17 ↓ -28%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $416.37 ↓ -28%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $416.37 ↓ -28%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $416.37 ↓ -28%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $426.23 ↓ -26%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $426.23 ↓ -26%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $433.80 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $433.80 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $433.80 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $433.80 ↓ -25%
Cigna All_Plans $461.42 ↓ -20%
PHC All_Plans $578.40 ↑ +0%
Aetna All_Plans $587.08 ↑ +2%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $611.72 ↑ +6%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $645.64 ↑ +12%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $651.19 ↑ +13%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $678.17 ↑ +17%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $690.66 ↑ +19%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $1,131.20 ↑ +96%
Highmark Performance_Blue $1,193.73 ↑ +106%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $1,193.73 ↑ +106%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $1,193.73 ↑ +106%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $1,209.00 ↑ +109%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $1,292.80 ↑ +124%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $1,438.26 ↑ +149%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $1,616.00 ↑ +179%

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Pr incision & removal foreign body subcutaneous tissues simple at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $586.80 $30.50 – $782.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $280.20 $32.02 – $420.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $520.80 $38.73 – $1,017.87
UPMC Cole Coudersport $477.60 $25.23 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $520.80 $38.73 – $1,017.87
UPMC East Monroeville $543.60 $33.55 – $724.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $565.80 $33.55 – $554.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $388.80 $33.55 – $399.94

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