_afb id by dna probe rflx ast 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

$131.67

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.

$171.00

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.

$13.23 with Highmark vs $45.90 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 Social Mission Indemnity $13.23 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $13.23 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $13.23 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $13.23 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $13.23 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $13.23 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $13.23 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $13.23 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $13.23 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $13.23 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $13.23 ↓ -90%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $15.44 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $17.04 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $17.04 ↓ -87%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $18.45 ↓ -86%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $18.45 ↓ -86%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $18.65 ↓ -86%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $19.20 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $20.05 ↓ -85%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $20.05 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $20.05 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $20.05 ↓ -85%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $20.05 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $20.05 ↓ -85%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $20.65 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $20.71 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $20.85 ↓ -84%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $20.85 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $20.85 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $20.85 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $20.85 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera Medicare $21.02 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $21.05 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $21.25 ↓ -84%
Humana Humana Commercial $21.25 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $21.45 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $21.65 ↓ -84%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $21.65 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $21.81 ↓ -83%
Molina Molina Ohio $21.85 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $22.17 ↓ -83%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $22.17 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $22.17 ↓ -83%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $22.17 ↓ -83%
Univera Univera Commercial $24.10 ↓ -82%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $25.50 ↓ -81%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $25.50 ↓ -81%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $25.50 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $30.59 ↓ -77%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $33.26 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $35.47 ↓ -73%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $35.47 ↓ -73%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $35.47 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $35.47 ↓ -73%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $42.65 ↓ -68%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $45.90 ↓ -65%

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_afb id by dna probe rflx ast at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $141.00 $19.82 – $188.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $111.60 $7.23 – $167.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $112.20 $7.67 – $158.95
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $126.54 $9.71 – $35.47
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $112.20 $19.85 – $158.95
UPMC East Monroeville $201.00 $19.82 – $268.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $199.80 $19.82 – $53.22
UPMC Northwest Seneca $315.00 $18.18 – $25.50

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