Treatment of ankle fracture 27786 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

$685.60

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$857.00

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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.

$148.13 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $1,616.00 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
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $148.13 ↓ -78%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $148.13 ↓ -78%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $148.13 ↓ -78%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $148.13 ↓ -78%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $148.13 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $168.27 ↓ -75%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $236.96 ↓ -65%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $239.33 ↓ -65%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $244.07 ↓ -64%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $244.07 ↓ -64%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $248.81 ↓ -64%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $248.81 ↓ -64%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $248.81 ↓ -64%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $249.87 ↓ -64%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $249.99 ↓ -64%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $249.99 ↓ -64%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $249.99 ↓ -64%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $255.92 ↓ -63%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $255.92 ↓ -63%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $367.29 ↓ -46%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $390.98 ↓ -43%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $402.90 ↓ -41%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $414.68 ↓ -40%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $514.20 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $514.20 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $514.20 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $514.20 ↓ -25%
Cigna All_Plans $546.94 ↓ -20%
PHC All_Plans $685.60 ↑ +0%
Aetna All_Plans $695.88 ↑ +1%
Highmark Performance_Blue $716.73 ↑ +5%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $716.73 ↑ +5%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $716.73 ↑ +5%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $765.30 ↑ +12%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $803.87 ↑ +17%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $863.55 ↑ +26%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $1,131.20 ↑ +65%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $1,209.00 ↑ +76%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $1,292.80 ↑ +89%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $1,616.00 ↑ +136%

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Treatment of ankle fracture 27786 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,942.20 $82.51 – $2,913.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,212.00 $150.50 – $1,717.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,266.00 $69.58 – $771.51
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,212.00 $150.50 – $1,732.08
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,096.60 $130.35 – $545.04
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,212.00 $150.50 – $1,016.56
UPMC Kane Kane $375.60 $130.35 – $1,342.92
UPMC Lititz Lititz $1,212.00 $150.50 – $1,016.56

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