Antistreptolysin o screen 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

$4.14

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.

$18.00

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.

$3.81 with Highmark vs $31.19 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
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $3.81 ↓ -8%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $3.81 ↓ -8%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $3.81 ↓ -8%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $3.81 ↓ -8%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $3.81 ↓ -8%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $3.81 ↓ -8%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $3.81 ↓ -8%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $3.81 ↓ -8%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $3.81 ↓ -8%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $3.81 ↓ -8%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $3.81 ↓ -8%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $4.44 ↑ +7%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $4.90 ↑ +18%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $4.90 ↑ +18%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $5.31 ↑ +28%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $5.31 ↑ +28%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $5.37 ↑ +30%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $5.67 ↑ +37%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $5.77 ↑ +39%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $5.77 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $5.77 ↑ +39%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $5.77 ↑ +39%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $5.77 ↑ +39%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $5.77 ↑ +39%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $5.94 ↑ +43%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $5.96 ↑ +44%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $6.00 ↑ +45%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $6.00 ↑ +45%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $6.00 ↑ +45%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $6.00 ↑ +45%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $6.00 ↑ +45%
Univera Univera Medicare $6.05 ↑ +46%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $6.06 ↑ +46%
Humana Humana Commercial $6.12 ↑ +48%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $6.12 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $6.17 ↑ +49%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $6.23 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $6.23 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $6.28 ↑ +52%
Molina Molina Ohio $6.29 ↑ +52%
Univera Univera Commercial $6.94 ↑ +68%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $7.00 ↑ +69%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $7.00 ↑ +69%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $7.00 ↑ +69%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $7.00 ↑ +69%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $8.05 ↑ +94%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $8.05 ↑ +94%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $8.05 ↑ +94%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $9.66 ↑ +133%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $10.50 ↑ +154%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $11.20 ↑ +171%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $11.20 ↑ +171%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $11.20 ↑ +171%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $11.20 ↑ +171%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $12.27 ↑ +196%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $13.21 ↑ +219%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $31.19 ↑ +653%

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Antistreptolysin o screen at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $106.20 $5.70 – $141.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $60.00 $2.08 – $90.00
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $36.26 $2.79 – $11.20
UPMC East Monroeville $85.80 $5.70 – $114.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $70.80 $5.70 – $11.17
UPMC Northwest Seneca $37.20 $5.23 – $8.05
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $66.00 $5.17 – $10.83
UPMC Jameson New Castle $30.60 $5.70 – $11.37

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