Ankle arthroscopy/surgery 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

$439.76

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,912.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$55.31 with Univera vs $8,887.94 with Medical Mutual — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Univera Univera Healthy New York $55.31 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $55.31 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Medicare $72.43 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera Commercial $81.34 ↓ -82%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $837.02 ↑ +90%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $885.42 ↑ +101%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $885.42 ↑ +101%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $885.42 ↑ +101%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $885.42 ↑ +101%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $885.42 ↑ +101%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $885.42 ↑ +101%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $885.42 ↑ +101%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $885.42 ↑ +101%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $885.42 ↑ +101%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $885.42 ↑ +101%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,078.78 ↑ +145%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,221.19 ↑ +178%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,287.49 ↑ +193%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,287.49 ↑ +193%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $1,966.52 ↑ +347%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $2,871.67 ↑ +553%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $2,871.67 ↑ +553%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $2,902.88 ↑ +560%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $2,905.22 ↑ +561%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $2,905.22 ↑ +561%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $3,121.38 ↑ +610%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $3,121.38 ↑ +610%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $3,121.38 ↑ +610%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $3,121.38 ↑ +610%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $3,121.38 ↑ +610%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $3,215.02 ↑ +631%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $3,246.23 ↑ +638%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $3,246.23 ↑ +638%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $3,246.23 ↑ +638%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $3,246.23 ↑ +638%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $3,246.23 ↑ +638%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $3,277.45 ↑ +645%
Humana Humana Commercial $3,308.66 ↑ +652%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $3,308.66 ↑ +652%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $3,339.88 ↑ +659%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $3,339.88 ↑ +659%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $3,371.09 ↑ +667%
Molina Molina Ohio $3,402.30 ↑ +674%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $6,156.30 ↑ +1300%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $6,639.17 ↑ +1410%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $8,887.94 ↑ +1921%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Ankle arthroscopy/surgery at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $497.12 $837.02 – $10,356.89
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,273.80 $588.50 – $1,698.40
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $1,988.76 $3,171.41 – $7,389.39
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $897.78 – $3,340.82
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle not published $1,529.85 – $6,101.82
UPMC East Monroeville not published $906.33 – $3,402.68
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $897.78 – $4,499.05
UPMC Memorial York not published $731.73 – $6,101.82

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →