Therapy nutrition individual initial f2f w/patient each 15 minutes 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

$32.80

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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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$41.00

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.

$7.38 with Aetna_Better_Health_Kids vs $296.34 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

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
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $7.38 ↓ -78%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $16.76 ↓ -49%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $19.16 ↓ -42%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $22.76 ↓ -31%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $23.95 ↓ -27%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $24.60 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $24.60 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $24.60 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $24.60 ↓ -25%
Cigna All_Plans $26.17 ↓ -20%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $30.34 ↓ -8%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $30.34 ↓ -8%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $30.64 ↓ -7%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $31.25 ↓ -5%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $31.25 ↓ -5%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $31.86 ↓ -3%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $31.86 ↓ -3%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $31.86 ↓ -3%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $31.99 ↓ -2%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $32.01 ↓ -2%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $32.01 ↓ -2%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $32.01 ↓ -2%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $32.77 ↓ -0%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $32.77 ↓ -0%
PHC All_Plans $32.80 ↑ +0%
Aetna All_Plans $33.29 ↑ +1%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $36.61 ↑ +12%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $38.46 ↑ +17%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $47.03 ↑ +43%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $50.06 ↑ +53%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $53.10 ↑ +62%
Highmark Performance_Blue $91.77 ↑ +180%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $91.77 ↑ +180%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $91.77 ↑ +180%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $110.57 ↑ +237%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $296.34 ↑ +803%

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Therapy nutrition individual initial f2f w/patient each 15 minutes at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $27.00 $12.97 – $36.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $27.00 $11.25 – $40.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $50.40 $11.51 – $115.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $109.20 $26.43 – $145.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $50.40 $16.80 – $81.12
UPMC East Monroeville $27.00 $11.25 – $36.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $27.00 $12.97 – $81.11
UPMC Northwest Seneca $27.00 $31.99 – $33.67

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