Warde cadmium blood 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

$98.40

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.

$123.00

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.

$23.64 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $189.41 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
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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
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $23.64 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $23.75 ↓ -76%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $23.75 ↓ -76%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $23.75 ↓ -76%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $23.75 ↓ -76%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $23.75 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $23.88 ↓ -76%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $24.35 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $24.35 ↓ -75%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $24.82 ↓ -75%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $24.82 ↓ -75%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $24.82 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $24.93 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $24.94 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $24.94 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $24.94 ↓ -75%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $25.53 ↓ -74%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $25.53 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $26.98 ↓ -73%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $29.74 ↓ -70%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $36.64 ↓ -63%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $39.01 ↓ -60%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $41.37 ↓ -58%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $64.60 ↓ -34%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $70.92 ↓ -28%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $71.50 ↓ -27%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $71.50 ↓ -27%
Highmark Performance_Blue $71.50 ↓ -27%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $73.80 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $73.80 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $73.80 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $73.80 ↓ -25%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $86.15 ↓ -12%
Aetna All_Plans $97.63 ↓ -1%
PHC All_Plans $98.40 ↑ +0%
Cigna All_Plans $102.66 ↑ +4%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $107.33 ↑ +9%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $132.59 ↑ +35%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $151.53 ↑ +54%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $189.41 ↑ +92%

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Warde cadmium blood at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $235.20 $19.00 – $313.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $80.40 $8.53 – $120.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $119.40 $7.64 – $169.15
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $119.40 $19.00 – $169.15
UPMC East Monroeville $282.60 $19.00 – $376.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $158.40 $19.00 – $36.41
UPMC Northwest Seneca $124.20 $20.90 – $25.53
UPMC Hanover Hanover $119.40 $7.64 – $37.82

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