Transcath biopsy at WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital
252 S. 4th St., Lebanon, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1407928500
$9,697.60
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.
$12,122.00
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.
$142.50 with Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid vs $26,645.50 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.
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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| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $142.50 | ↓ -99% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $142.50 | ↓ -99% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $142.50 | ↓ -99% |
| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $142.50 | ↓ -99% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $142.50 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $161.88 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $387.60 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $5,339.86 | ↓ -45% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $5,393.26 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $5,500.06 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $5,500.06 | ↓ -43% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $5,606.85 | ↓ -42% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $5,606.85 | ↓ -42% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $5,606.85 | ↓ -42% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $5,630.88 | ↓ -42% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $5,633.55 | ↓ -42% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $5,633.55 | ↓ -42% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $5,633.55 | ↓ -42% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $5,767.05 | ↓ -41% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $5,767.05 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $6,788.32 | ↓ -30% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $7,273.20 | ↓ -25% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $7,273.20 | ↓ -25% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $7,273.20 | ↓ -25% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $7,273.20 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $7,441.00 | ↓ -23% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $7,467.15 | ↓ -23% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $7,736.26 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO | $7,950.40 | ↓ -18% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $8,276.78 | ↓ -15% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $8,810.77 | ↓ -9% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $9,344.76 | ↓ -4% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $9,697.60 | ↑ +0% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $9,938.00 | ↑ +2% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $11,370.44 | ↑ +17% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $16,151.47 | ↑ +67% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $16,151.47 | ↑ +67% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $16,151.47 | ↑ +67% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $19,460.05 | ↑ +101% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $26,645.50 | ↑ +175% |
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Transcath biopsy at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $2,782.80 | $114.00 – $3,710.40 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $6,966.60 | $144.78 – $9,869.35 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $6,966.60 | $153.90 – $9,869.35 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $6,966.60 | $144.78 – $8,262.51 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $6,966.60 | $144.78 – $8,307.14 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $7,158.00 | $125.40 – $5,565.99 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | $6,966.60 | $144.78 – $8,293.65 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $2,978.40 | $125.40 – $5,669.06 |