Amniotic fluid scan 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

$6.44

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.

$28.00

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.

$5.00 with Jefferson Health Plans vs $40.56 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
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $5.00 ↓ -22%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $5.00 ↓ -22%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $5.00 ↓ -22%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $5.00 ↓ -22%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $5.75 ↓ -11%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $5.75 ↓ -11%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $5.75 ↓ -11%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $6.17 ↓ -4%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $6.17 ↓ -4%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $6.17 ↓ -4%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $6.17 ↓ -4%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $6.17 ↓ -4%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $6.17 ↓ -4%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $6.17 ↓ -4%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $6.17 ↓ -4%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $6.17 ↓ -4%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $6.17 ↓ -4%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $6.17 ↓ -4%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $6.90 ↑ +7%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $7.20 ↑ +12%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $7.50 ↑ +16%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $7.95 ↑ +23%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $7.95 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $8.00 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $8.00 ↑ +24%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $8.00 ↑ +24%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $8.00 ↑ +24%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $8.60 ↑ +34%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $8.60 ↑ +34%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $8.70 ↑ +35%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $9.13 ↑ +42%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $9.35 ↑ +45%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $9.35 ↑ +45%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $9.35 ↑ +45%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $9.35 ↑ +45%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $9.35 ↑ +45%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $9.35 ↑ +45%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $9.63 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $9.66 ↑ +50%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $9.72 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $9.72 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $9.72 ↑ +51%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $9.72 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $9.72 ↑ +51%
Univera Univera Medicare $9.80 ↑ +52%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $9.82 ↑ +52%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $9.91 ↑ +54%
Humana Humana Commercial $9.91 ↑ +54%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $10.00 ↑ +55%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $10.10 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $10.10 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $10.17 ↑ +58%
Molina Molina Ohio $10.19 ↑ +58%
Univera Univera Commercial $11.24 ↑ +75%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $19.89 ↑ +209%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $21.41 ↑ +232%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $40.56 ↑ +530%

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Amniotic fluid scan at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $59.20 $4.53 – $10.19
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $251.40 $5.50 – $14.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $202.80 $5.50 – $9.89
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $245.60 $5.00 – $9.24

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