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

$418.83

Cash price

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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.

$1,821.00

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.

$52.83 with Univera vs $19,568.78 with Medical Mutual — 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
Univera Univera Healthy New York $52.83 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $52.83 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Medicare $69.19 ↓ -83%
Univera Univera Commercial $77.70 ↓ -81%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $794.85 ↑ +90%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $840.81 ↑ +101%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $840.81 ↑ +101%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $840.81 ↑ +101%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $840.81 ↑ +101%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $840.81 ↑ +101%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $840.81 ↑ +101%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $840.81 ↑ +101%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $840.81 ↑ +101%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $840.81 ↑ +101%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $840.81 ↑ +101%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,028.80 ↑ +146%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,190.31 ↑ +184%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,254.93 ↑ +200%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,254.93 ↑ +200%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $2,029.29 ↑ +385%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $6,322.62 ↑ +1410%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $6,322.62 ↑ +1410%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $6,391.34 ↑ +1426%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $6,455.87 ↑ +1441%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $6,455.87 ↑ +1441%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $6,872.41 ↑ +1541%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $6,872.41 ↑ +1541%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $6,872.41 ↑ +1541%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $6,872.41 ↑ +1541%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $6,872.41 ↑ +1541%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $7,078.58 ↑ +1590%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $7,147.31 ↑ +1606%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $7,147.31 ↑ +1606%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $7,147.31 ↑ +1606%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $7,147.31 ↑ +1606%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $7,147.31 ↑ +1606%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $7,216.03 ↑ +1623%
Humana Humana Commercial $7,284.76 ↑ +1639%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $7,284.76 ↑ +1639%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $7,353.48 ↑ +1656%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $7,353.48 ↑ +1656%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $7,422.20 ↑ +1672%
Molina Molina Ohio $7,490.93 ↑ +1689%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $13,554.46 ↑ +3136%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $14,617.62 ↑ +3390%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $19,568.78 ↑ +4572%

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Ankle arthroscopy/surgery at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $473.46 $794.85 – $22,803.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,038.60 $479.83 – $1,508.53
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $897.78 – $7,355.55
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg not published $1,578.69 – $11,127.90
UPMC East Monroeville not published $906.33 – $7,491.76
UPMC Memorial York not published $731.73 – $10,960.19
WellSpan Surgery & Rehabilitation Hospital York PA 17403 not published $970.00 – $1,101.92

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