Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction 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

$309.60

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.

$387.00

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.

$69.66 with Aetna_Better_Health_Kids vs $732.18 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
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $69.66 ↓ -78%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $158.24 ↓ -49%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $180.85 ↓ -42%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $200.91 ↓ -35%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $202.92 ↓ -34%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $206.94 ↓ -33%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $206.94 ↓ -33%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $210.96 ↓ -32%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $210.96 ↓ -32%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $210.96 ↓ -32%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $211.86 ↓ -32%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $211.96 ↓ -32%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $211.96 ↓ -32%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $211.96 ↓ -32%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $216.98 ↓ -30%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $216.98 ↓ -30%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $226.05 ↓ -27%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $232.20 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $232.20 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $232.20 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $232.20 ↓ -25%
Cigna All_Plans $246.98 ↓ -20%
PHC All_Plans $309.60 ↑ +0%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $311.41 ↑ +1%
Aetna All_Plans $314.24 ↑ +1%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $331.50 ↑ +7%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $345.59 ↑ +12%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $351.59 ↑ +14%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $363.01 ↑ +17%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $607.69 ↑ +96%
Highmark Performance_Blue $607.69 ↑ +96%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $607.69 ↑ +96%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $732.18 ↑ +136%

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Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $126.00 $24.67 – $209.42
UPMC Bedford Everett $59.40 $24.75 – $209.42
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $418.20 $47.91 – $592.45
UPMC Cole Coudersport $63.00 $15.63 – $84.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $418.20 $36.40 – $592.45
UPMC East Monroeville $128.40 $24.90 – $209.42
UPMC Hamot Erie $617.40 $24.67 – $241.69
UPMC Northwest Seneca $74.40 $34.78 – $209.42

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