3d bn img algor drvd fr MRI at GROVE CITY HOSPITAL

631 NORTH BROAD STREET EXT, GROVE CITY, PA · Ahn · · NPI 1023000296

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 14, 2026 · Ingested Sep 30, 2026

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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.

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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.

$103.99 with Highmark vs $456.21 with United Healthcare — 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
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $103.99 —
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $138.48 —
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $138.48 —
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $139.98 —
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $150.52 —
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $150.52 —
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $150.52 —
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $150.52 —
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $150.52 —
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $155.03 —
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $156.54 —
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $156.54 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $156.54 —
Aetna Aetna Medicare $156.54 —
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $156.54 —
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $158.04 —
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $159.55 —
Humana Humana Commercial $159.55 —
Cigna Cigna Medicare $161.05 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $161.05 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $162.56 —
Molina Molina Ohio $164.06 —
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $177.88 —
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $177.88 —
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $249.03 —
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $296.87 —
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $296.87 —
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $296.87 —
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $310.85 —
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $310.85 —
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $310.85 —
Aetna Aetna Commercial $320.15 —
Cigna Cigna Commercial $428.59 —
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $428.59 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $456.21 —

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3d bn img algor drvd fr MRI at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD not published $85.99 – $499.43

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