Amino acid screen, urine 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

$9.66

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.

$42.00

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.

$8.00 with Jefferson Health Plans vs $31.75 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
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $8.00 ↓ -17%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $8.00 ↓ -17%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $8.00 ↓ -17%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $8.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $9.15 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $9.15 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $9.15 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $9.15 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $9.15 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $9.15 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $9.15 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $9.15 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $9.15 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $9.15 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $9.15 ↓ -5%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $9.20 ↓ -5%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $9.20 ↓ -5%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $9.20 ↓ -5%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $10.68 ↑ +11%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $11.04 ↑ +14%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $11.79 ↑ +22%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $11.79 ↑ +22%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $12.00 ↑ +24%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $12.76 ↑ +32%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $12.76 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $12.80 ↑ +33%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $12.80 ↑ +33%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $12.80 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $12.80 ↑ +33%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $12.90 ↑ +34%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $13.22 ↑ +37%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $13.87 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $13.87 ↑ +44%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $13.87 ↑ +44%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $13.87 ↑ +44%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $13.87 ↑ +44%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $13.87 ↑ +44%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $14.29 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $14.33 ↑ +48%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $14.42 ↑ +49%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $14.42 ↑ +49%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $14.42 ↑ +49%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $14.42 ↑ +49%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $14.42 ↑ +49%
Univera Univera Medicare $14.54 ↑ +51%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $14.56 ↑ +51%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $14.70 ↑ +52%
Humana Humana Commercial $14.70 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $14.84 ↑ +54%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $14.98 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $14.98 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $15.09 ↑ +56%
Molina Molina Ohio $15.12 ↑ +57%
Univera Univera Commercial $16.67 ↑ +73%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $29.50 ↑ +205%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $29.62 ↑ +207%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $31.75 ↑ +229%

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