Advance care planning each additional 30 min 99498 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

$45.77

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.

$199.00

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.

$58.06 with Univera vs $184.00 with Martin's Point — 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 Essential Plan $58.06 ↑ +27%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $58.06 ↑ +27%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $61.68 ↑ +35%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $66.32 ↑ +45%
Allwell Allwell by Wellcare $66.32 ↑ +45%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $68.08 ↑ +49%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $68.08 ↑ +49%
Univera Univera Medicare $68.31 ↑ +49%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $68.31 ↑ +49%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $70.30 ↑ +54%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $70.30 ↑ +54%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $72.95 ↑ +59%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $73.50 ↑ +61%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $78.33 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $78.33 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $78.33 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $78.33 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $78.33 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $78.33 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $78.33 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $78.33 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $78.33 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $78.33 ↑ +71%
Univera Univera Commercial $81.97 ↑ +79%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $112.98 ↑ +147%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $134.06 ↑ +193%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $141.34 ↑ +209%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $141.34 ↑ +209%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $184.00 ↑ +302%

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Advance care planning each additional 30 min 99498 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $51.74 $61.68 – $184.00
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $464.40 $55.62 – $63.09
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $572.40 $52.34 – $55.62
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital Ephrata $232.00 $50.00 – $136.00

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