Rerepair ing hernia blocked 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

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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.

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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.

$970.00 with Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid vs $22,462.55 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.

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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
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $970.00
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $970.00
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $1,101.92
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $6,163.75
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $6,225.39
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $6,348.66
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $6,348.66
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $6,420.00
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $6,471.94
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $6,471.94
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $6,471.94
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $6,499.67
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $6,502.76
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $6,502.76
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $6,502.76
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $6,656.85
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $6,656.85
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $7,441.00
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $7,950.00
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $9,553.81
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $9,938.00
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $9,938.00
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $10,170.19
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $10,786.56
Highmark Performance_Blue $18,643.49
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $18,643.49
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $18,643.49
Highmark All_Other_Plans $22,462.55
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans not published by hospital
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents not published by hospital
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids not published by hospital
Geisinger All_Plans not published by hospital
Cigna All_Plans not published by hospital
First_Health_Network All_Plans not published by hospital
PHC All_Plans not published by hospital
United_Healthcare All_Plans not published by hospital
Aetna All_Plans not published by hospital

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Rerepair ing hernia blocked at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $5,185.20 $1,016.56 – $9,550.51
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,417.80 $655.02 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $5,185.20 $1,016.56 – $7,345.70
UPMC Hanover Hanover $5,185.20 $1,016.56 – $9,537.33
UPMC Lititz Lititz $5,185.20 $1,016.56 – $9,588.85
UPMC Memorial York $5,185.20 $1,016.56 – $9,573.28
UPMC Somerset Somerset $5,185.20 $892.40 – $6,424.16
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $2,740.00 $205.80 – $13,032.74

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