Warde erythropoietin 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

$78.40

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$98.00

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.

$18.75 with Health_Partners_Medicaid vs $161.77 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
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $18.75 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $18.75 ↓ -76%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $18.75 ↓ -76%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $18.75 ↓ -76%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $18.75 ↓ -76%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $18.79 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $18.98 ↓ -76%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $19.35 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $19.35 ↓ -75%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $19.73 ↓ -75%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $19.73 ↓ -75%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $19.73 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $19.81 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $19.82 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $19.82 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $19.82 ↓ -75%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $20.29 ↓ -74%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $20.29 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $21.30 ↓ -73%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $25.40 ↓ -68%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $29.12 ↓ -63%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $31.00 ↓ -60%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $32.88 ↓ -58%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $51.00 ↓ -35%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $56.37 ↓ -28%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $56.83 ↓ -28%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $56.83 ↓ -28%
Highmark Performance_Blue $56.83 ↓ -28%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $58.80 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $58.80 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $58.80 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $58.80 ↓ -25%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $68.48 ↓ -13%
Aetna All_Plans $77.60 ↓ -1%
PHC All_Plans $78.40 ↑ +0%
Cigna All_Plans $81.79 ↑ +4%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $85.31 ↑ +9%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $113.24 ↑ +44%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $129.42 ↑ +65%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $161.77 ↑ +106%

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Warde erythropoietin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $225.00 $15.00 – $300.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $147.60 $6.78 – $221.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $96.00 $15.00 – $136.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $111.00 $12.21 – $148.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $96.00 $15.00 – $136.00
UPMC East Monroeville $241.20 $15.00 – $321.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $261.00 $15.00 – $31.12
UPMC Northwest Seneca $80.40 $16.50 – $20.29

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