Abdominal CT scan (with contrast) 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

$1,888.04

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.

$2,452.00

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.

$49.47 with Univera vs $487.65 with Medical Mutual — 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
Univera Univera Healthy New York $49.47 ↓ -97%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $49.47 ↓ -97%
Univera Univera Medicare $61.11 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $62.00 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $62.00 ↓ -97%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $69.82 ↓ -96%
Univera Univera Commercial $71.60 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $73.85 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $73.85 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $73.85 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $73.85 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $73.85 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $73.85 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $73.85 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $73.85 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $73.85 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $73.85 ↓ -96%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $77.95 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $85.62 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $85.62 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $85.62 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $85.62 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $85.62 ↓ -95%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $90.00 ↓ -95%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $96.18 ↓ -95%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $103.50 ↓ -95%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $103.50 ↓ -95%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $103.50 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $115.77 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $122.06 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $122.06 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $124.20 ↓ -93%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $135.00 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $144.00 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $148.50 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $148.50 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $157.56 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $157.56 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $159.27 ↓ -92%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $171.26 ↓ -91%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $171.26 ↓ -91%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $171.26 ↓ -91%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $171.26 ↓ -91%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $171.26 ↓ -91%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $176.40 ↓ -91%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $178.11 ↓ -91%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $178.11 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $178.11 ↓ -91%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $178.11 ↓ -91%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $178.11 ↓ -91%
Humana Humana Commercial $181.53 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $181.53 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $183.25 ↓ -90%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $183.25 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $184.96 ↓ -90%
Molina Molina Ohio $186.67 ↓ -90%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $224.67 ↓ -88%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $337.77 ↓ -82%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $364.27 ↓ -81%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $487.65 ↓ -74%

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Abdominal CT scan (with contrast) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,383.00 $90.00 – $1,844.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $957.60 $61.23 – $1,436.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,424.40 $117.90 – $2,017.90
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $1,814.48 $62.00 – $568.25
UPMC Cole Coudersport $754.20 $156.50 – $1,005.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,424.40 $83.40 – $1,176.50
UPMC East Monroeville $2,917.20 $163.96 – $3,889.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,104.00 $146.43 – $801.40

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