Alprostadil for injection 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

$136.32

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.

$592.71

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.

$9.51 with University of Pittsburgh Medical Center vs $14.18 with United Healthcare — 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 $9.51 ↓ -93%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $10.48 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $11.53 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $11.53 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $11.53 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $11.53 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $11.53 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $11.53 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $11.53 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $11.53 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $11.53 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $11.53 ↓ -92%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $11.53 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $13.40 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $14.18 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $14.18 ↓ -90%

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Alprostadil for injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,677.60 $1.41 – $4.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $151.80 $14.47 – $124.10
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $212.50 $10.48 – $13.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $249.00 $11.71 – $283.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $151.80 $0.44 – $124.10
UPMC Hamot Erie $199.80 $1.20 – $9.67
UPMC Hanover Hanover $151.80 $14.47 – $14.47
UPMC Lititz Lititz $151.80 $10.48 – $14.47

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