Acetylcysteine non-comp unit 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

$23.86

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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.

$103.74

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.

$6.66 with University of Pittsburgh Medical Center vs $12.58 with Pennsylvania Health and Wellness — 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
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $6.66 ↓ -72%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $8.15 ↓ -66%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $8.89 ↓ -63%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $8.89 ↓ -63%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $9.81 ↓ -59%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $10.51 ↓ -56%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $10.51 ↓ -56%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $10.51 ↓ -56%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $10.51 ↓ -56%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $10.51 ↓ -56%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $10.51 ↓ -56%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $10.51 ↓ -56%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $10.51 ↓ -56%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $10.51 ↓ -56%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $10.51 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $10.64 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $11.26 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $11.26 ↓ -53%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $12.58 ↓ -47%

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Acetylcysteine non-comp unit at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $51.80 $0.67 – $24.45
UPMC Bedford Everett $53.00 $0.54 – $50.46
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $26.97 $8.15 – $12.58
UPMC Cole Coudersport $15.00 $0.83 – $8.65
UPMC East Monroeville $108.00 $2.64 – $108.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $264.00 $0.67 – $17.28
UPMC Northwest Seneca $107.20 $0.71 – $47.23
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $80.80 $0.67 – $46.38

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