Pr planning advance care 1st 30 minutes at WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital
252 S. 4th St., Lebanon, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1407928500
$234.40
Cash price 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.
$293.00
Gross charge 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.
$19.79 with Blue_Cross vs $332.98 with Highmark — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $19.79 | ↓ -92% |
| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $50.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $50.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $50.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $50.00 | ↓ -79% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $50.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $56.80 | ↓ -76% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $87.90 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $91.37 | ↓ -61% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $92.28 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $94.11 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $94.11 | ↓ -60% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $95.94 | ↓ -59% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $95.94 | ↓ -59% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $95.94 | ↓ -59% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $96.35 | ↓ -59% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $96.40 | ↓ -59% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $96.40 | ↓ -59% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $96.40 | ↓ -59% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $98.68 | ↓ -58% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $98.68 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $136.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $141.62 | ↓ -40% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $159.90 | ↓ -32% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $175.80 | ↓ -25% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $175.80 | ↓ -25% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $175.80 | ↓ -25% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $175.80 | ↓ -25% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $234.40 | ↑ +0% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $274.83 | ↑ +17% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $276.37 | ↑ +18% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $276.37 | ↑ +18% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $276.37 | ↑ +18% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $332.98 | ↑ +42% |
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Pr planning advance care 1st 30 minutes at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $464.40 | $55.62 – $97.01 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $572.40 | $55.52 – $97.01 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $95.40 | $59.23 – $59.23 |
| WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital | Chambersburg | $234.40 | $50.00 – $425.44 |
| Uniontown Hospital | Uniontown | $117.00 | $56.10 – $204.52 |