Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker 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

$110.11

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.

$143.00

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.

$11.07 with Highmark vs $38.99 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 Social Mission Indemnity $11.07 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $11.07 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $11.07 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $11.07 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $11.07 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $11.07 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $11.07 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $11.07 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $11.07 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $11.07 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $11.07 ↓ -90%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $12.91 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $14.25 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $14.25 ↓ -87%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $15.43 ↓ -86%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $15.43 ↓ -86%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $15.60 ↓ -86%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $16.05 ↓ -85%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $16.77 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $16.77 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $16.77 ↓ -85%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $16.77 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $16.77 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $16.77 ↓ -85%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $17.27 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $17.32 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $17.44 ↓ -84%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $17.44 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $17.44 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $17.44 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $17.44 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera Medicare $17.58 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $17.61 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $17.78 ↓ -84%
Humana Humana Commercial $17.78 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $17.94 ↓ -84%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $18.11 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $18.11 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $18.25 ↓ -83%
Molina Molina Ohio $18.28 ↓ -83%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $20.00 ↓ -82%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $20.00 ↓ -82%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $20.00 ↓ -82%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $20.00 ↓ -82%
Univera Univera Commercial $20.16 ↓ -82%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $23.00 ↓ -79%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $23.00 ↓ -79%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $23.00 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $27.60 ↓ -75%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $30.00 ↓ -73%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $32.00 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $32.00 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $32.00 ↓ -71%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $32.00 ↓ -71%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $35.67 ↓ -68%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $38.39 ↓ -65%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $38.99 ↓ -65%

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Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $154.80 $16.57 – $206.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $83.40 $6.05 – $125.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $85.20 $16.60 – $120.70
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $105.82 $8.12 – $32.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $115.20 $10.90 – $153.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $85.20 $16.60 – $96.05
UPMC East Monroeville $250.80 $16.57 – $334.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $340.20 $16.57 – $32.42

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