#acylcarnitineprfl 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

$110.88

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.

$144.00

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.

$11.13 with Highmark vs $38.62 with Highmark — 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 My Blue Access $11.13 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $11.13 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $11.13 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $11.13 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $11.13 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $11.13 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $11.13 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $11.13 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $11.13 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $11.13 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $11.13 ↓ -90%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $12.99 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $14.34 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $14.34 ↓ -87%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $15.52 ↓ -86%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $15.52 ↓ -86%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $15.69 ↓ -86%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $16.37 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $16.46 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $16.46 ↓ -85%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $16.87 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $16.87 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $16.87 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $16.87 ↓ -85%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $16.87 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $16.87 ↓ -85%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $17.38 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $17.43 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $17.54 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $17.54 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $17.54 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $17.54 ↓ -84%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $17.54 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera Medicare $17.69 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $17.71 ↓ -84%
Humana Humana Commercial $17.88 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $17.88 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $18.05 ↓ -84%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $18.22 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $18.22 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $18.35 ↓ -83%
Molina Molina Ohio $18.39 ↓ -83%
Univera Univera Commercial $20.28 ↓ -82%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $35.88 ↓ -68%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $38.62 ↓ -65%

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#acylcarnitineprfl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $222.60 $16.67 – $296.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $316.80 $6.09 – $475.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $36.00 $8.22 – $51.00
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $106.56 $8.17 – $18.39
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $36.00 $12.00 – $137.76
UPMC East Monroeville $180.60 $16.67 – $240.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $315.00 $16.67 – $44.78
UPMC Northwest Seneca $144.60 $15.30 – $18.22

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