Warde hemoglobin fractionation/quantitation electrophoresis 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

$53.60

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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.

$67.00

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.

$12.87 with Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare vs $118.53 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 $12.87 ↓ -76%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $13.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $13.26 ↓ -75%
Aetna_Medicare All_Plans $13.26 ↓ -75%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $13.51 ↓ -75%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $13.51 ↓ -75%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $13.51 ↓ -75%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $13.57 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $13.58 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices $13.58 ↓ -75%
UPMC_Medicare UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $13.58 ↓ -75%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $13.75 ↓ -74%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Other_Plans $13.75 ↓ -74%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $13.75 ↓ -74%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $13.75 ↓ -74%
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $13.75 ↓ -74%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $13.90 ↓ -74%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $13.90 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $15.62 ↓ -71%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Performance_PPO $18.61 ↓ -65%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $19.95 ↓ -63%
Health_Partners_Medicaid Kidz_Partners $21.24 ↓ -60%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $22.52 ↓ -58%
Aetna_Better_Health_Kids All_Plans $37.40 ↓ -30%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $38.61 ↓ -28%
Highmark Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $38.93 ↓ -27%
Highmark Performance_Blue $38.93 ↓ -27%
Highmark Choice_Blue_PPO $38.93 ↓ -27%
WellSpan_Capital_Blue_Cross All_Plans $40.20 ↓ -25%
UPMC Employees_And_Dependents $40.20 ↓ -25%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $40.20 ↓ -25%
Geisinger All_Plans $40.20 ↓ -25%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $46.90 ↓ -13%
Aetna All_Plans $53.15 ↓ -1%
PHC All_Plans $53.60 ↑ +0%
Cigna All_Plans $55.92 ↑ +4%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $58.43 ↑ +9%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $82.97 ↑ +55%
Blue_Cross Capital_Blue_Cross_Healthy_Benefits_PPO $94.82 ↑ +77%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $118.53 ↑ +121%

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Warde hemoglobin fractionation/quantitation electrophoresis at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $112.80 $11.00 – $150.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $91.80 $11.00 – $130.05
UPMC Cole Coudersport $82.20 $8.37 – $109.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $91.80 $11.00 – $130.05
UPMC East Monroeville $98.40 $11.00 – $131.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $126.00 $11.00 – $22.79
UPMC Northwest Seneca $133.80 $11.67 – $13.90
UPMC Hanover Hanover $91.80 $11.00 – $20.59

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