About Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health
Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health is a nonprofit regional health system serving Lancaster County and surrounding communities. It includes Lancaster General Hospital, Women & Babies Hospital, Lancaster Rehabilitation Hospital, Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital, and a large network of more than 300 primary‑care and specialty physicians and outpatient and urgent care locations. Now integrated into the Penn Medicine system, it combines local care with access to advanced academic medicine, research, and clinical trials from the University of Pennsylvania Health System.([pennmedicine.org](https://www.pennmedicine.org/locations/entity/lancaster-general-health?documentId=fdbm10620-9301&utm_source=openai))
A charge with a descriptor like “POS PUR MED*LANCAS LANCASTER PA” most likely reflects an in‑person payment (point‑of‑sale purchase) for medical services at a Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health facility in or around Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This could be an office visit, urgent care visit, outpatient procedure, hospital copay, imaging or lab services, or a related professional fee. Depending on how your card issuer truncates descriptors, the “MED*LANCAS” portion is probably shorthand for “Penn Med / Lancaster,” referring to Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health billing. The charge might be a one‑time payment at the time of service, a follow‑up payment on an outstanding balance, or payment processed after insurance adjudication.
If you have questions about the charge, start by comparing the transaction date and amount with any visit you or a covered family member had at a Lancaster General Health or Penn Medicine location. You can log into the MyLGHealth or MyChart by myPennMedicine patient portals to review visit histories and billing statements, or use the online bill‑pay tools referenced in Penn Medicine’s patient billing resources.([pennmedicine.org](https://www.pennmedicine.org/patient-resources/policies/patient-billing?utm_source=openai)) If something still doesn’t match, contact Lancaster General Health billing directly using the phone number on your statement or the billing section of their website, and have your card statement, patient name, date of birth, and approximate date of service available so they can locate the correct account and clarify or correct the charge.