60/100
#971 nationally
Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital
252 South 4Th Street, Lebanon, PA 17042 · (717) 270-7500
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital billed $4.17 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 4.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 65
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #41
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 66% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 64% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
350 | $47,218 | $15,593 | -28% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
334 | $18,650 | $2,589 | -4% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
141 | $32,160 | $10,071 | -26% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
124 | $9,534 | $1,788 | -16% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
109 | $22,742 | $3,095 | -10% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
85 | $8,387 | $1,523 | -17% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
76 | $28,063 | $4,907 | about average |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
71 | $27,637 | $8,838 | -30% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
70 | $33,987 | $5,471 | -3% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
67 | $142,269 | $22,462 | +7% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,079 | $5,420 | +42% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,655 | $1,931 | +37% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$190,311 | $31,102 | +28% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,246 | $8,056 | +25% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$63,248 | $10,117 | +23% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$75,468 | $10,422 | +12% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,078 | $4,716 | +10% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$68,031 | $12,462 | +9% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,274 | $1,519 | -50% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$25,983 | $10,392 | -49% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$32,322 | $10,377 | -43% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$41,689 | $13,987 | -41% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$45,499 | $15,415 | -40% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$34,923 | $12,613 | -38% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,384 | $2,531 | -36% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$115,927 | $40,478 | -35% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.