Ultrasound spinal canal and contents at WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital
252 S. 4th St., Lebanon, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1407928500
$320.80
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.
$401.00
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.
$63.50 with Blue_Cross vs $602.31 with United_Healthcare — 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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| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO | $63.50 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare | All_Plans | $105.04 | ↓ -67% |
| Highmark_Medicare | All_Plans | $106.09 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna_Medicare | All_Plans | $108.19 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna_Advantra_Medicare | All_Plans | $108.19 | ↓ -66% |
| Devoted_Medicare | All_Plans | $110.29 | ↓ -66% |
| United_Medicare | ISNP_DSNP_Plans | $110.29 | ↓ -66% |
| Geisinger_Gold_Medicare | All_Plans | $110.29 | ↓ -66% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare | All_Plans | $110.76 | ↓ -65% |
| Amerihealth_Medicare | All_Plans | $110.82 | ↓ -65% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices | $110.82 | ↓ -65% |
| UPMC_Medicare | UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care | $110.82 | ↓ -65% |
| Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage | All_Plans | $113.44 | ↓ -65% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare | All_Plans | $113.44 | ↓ -65% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | All_Other_Plans | $127.05 | ↓ -60% |
| UPMC_Medicaid | All_Plans | $127.05 | ↓ -60% |
| Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid | All_Plans | $127.05 | ↓ -60% |
| Geisinger_Medicaid | All_Plans | $127.05 | ↓ -60% |
| PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid | All_Plans | $127.05 | ↓ -60% |
| Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid | All_Plans | $144.33 | ↓ -55% |
| Highmark | Higmark_Healthy_Kids | $162.81 | ↓ -49% |
| WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross | All_Plans | $170.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Health_Partners_Medicaid | Kidz_Partners | $173.32 | ↓ -46% |
| United_Medicaid | Community_Plan_For_Kids | $183.82 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | All_Plans | $208.68 | ↓ -35% |
| UPMC | UPMC_For_Kids | $240.60 | ↓ -25% |
| UPMC | Employees_And_Dependents | $240.60 | ↓ -25% |
| Geisinger | All_Plans | $240.60 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Cares_4_kids | $291.33 | ↓ -9% |
| Highmark | Performance_Blue | $317.71 | ↓ -1% |
| Highmark | Choice_Blue_PPO | $317.71 | ↓ -1% |
| Highmark | Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network | $317.71 | ↓ -1% |
| PHC | All_Plans | $320.80 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | All_Plans | $325.61 | ↑ +1% |
| Blue_Cross | Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO | $332.94 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna_Better_Health_Kids | All_Plans | $345.58 | ↑ +8% |
| First_Health_Network | All_Plans | $358.09 | ↑ +12% |
| Highmark | All_Other_Plans | $382.80 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue_Cross | All_Other_Plans | $416.18 | ↑ +30% |
| United_Healthcare | All_Plans | $602.31 | ↑ +88% |
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Ultrasound spinal canal and contents at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $777.00 | $50.98 – $1,036.00 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $394.20 | $66.78 – $558.45 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $394.20 | $66.78 – $558.45 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $430.80 | $111.80 – $310.70 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $354.00 | $91.94 – $295.68 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $394.20 | $66.78 – $309.43 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $602.40 | $90.77 – $295.68 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $595.80 | $58.63 – $295.68 |