Acetylcholinesterase assay 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

$8.28

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.

$36.00

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.

$8.11 with Highmark vs $35.86 with University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — 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 Performance Blue $8.11 ↓ -2%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $8.11 ↓ -2%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $8.11 ↓ -2%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $8.11 ↓ -2%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $8.11 ↓ -2%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $8.11 ↓ -2%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $8.11 ↓ -2%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $8.11 ↓ -2%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $8.11 ↓ -2%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $8.11 ↓ -2%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $8.11 ↓ -2%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $9.46 ↑ +14%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $10.00 ↑ +21%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $10.00 ↑ +21%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $10.00 ↑ +21%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $10.00 ↑ +21%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $10.45 ↑ +26%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $10.45 ↑ +26%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $11.31 ↑ +37%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $11.31 ↑ +37%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $11.43 ↑ +38%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $11.50 ↑ +39%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $11.50 ↑ +39%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $11.50 ↑ +39%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $11.96 ↑ +44%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $12.29 ↑ +48%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $12.29 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $12.29 ↑ +48%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $12.29 ↑ +48%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $12.29 ↑ +48%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $12.29 ↑ +48%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $12.66 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $12.70 ↑ +53%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $12.78 ↑ +54%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $12.78 ↑ +54%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $12.78 ↑ +54%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $12.78 ↑ +54%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $12.78 ↑ +54%
Univera Univera Medicare $12.88 ↑ +56%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $12.90 ↑ +56%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $13.03 ↑ +57%
Humana Humana Commercial $13.03 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $13.15 ↑ +59%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $13.27 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $13.27 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $13.37 ↑ +61%
Molina Molina Ohio $13.40 ↑ +62%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $13.80 ↑ +67%
Univera Univera Commercial $14.77 ↑ +78%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $15.00 ↑ +81%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $16.00 ↑ +93%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $16.00 ↑ +93%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $16.00 ↑ +93%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $16.00 ↑ +93%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $26.14 ↑ +216%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $28.14 ↑ +240%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $35.86 ↑ +333%

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Acetylcholinesterase assay at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $44.40 $10.00 – $62.90
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $77.70 $5.95 – $16.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $44.40 $10.00 – $67.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $148.20 $10.00 – $26.19
UPMC Hanover Hanover $44.40 $10.00 – $19.66
UPMC Lititz Lititz $44.40 $10.00 – $19.66
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $250.20 $11.00 – $26.44
UPMC Memorial York $44.40 $10.00 – $75.41

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