App high cost ss t/a/l <100sq cm addl <25sq cm 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

$4,014.78

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.

$5,214.00

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.

$13.59 with Univera vs $34.35 with United Healthcare — 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 Essential Plan $13.59 ↓ -100%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $13.59 ↓ -100%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $14.37 ↓ -100%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $14.37 ↓ -100%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $14.55 ↓ -100%
Allwell Allwell by Wellcare $15.64 ↓ -100%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $15.64 ↓ -100%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $16.11 ↓ -100%
Univera Univera Medicare $16.51 ↓ -100%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $16.57 ↓ -100%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $16.58 ↓ -100%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $16.58 ↓ -100%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $17.20 ↓ -100%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $17.52 ↓ -100%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $17.52 ↓ -100%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $17.52 ↓ -100%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $17.52 ↓ -100%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $17.52 ↓ -100%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $17.52 ↓ -100%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $17.52 ↓ -100%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $17.52 ↓ -100%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $17.52 ↓ -100%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $17.52 ↓ -100%
Univera Univera Commercial $17.93 ↓ -100%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $18.07 ↓ -100%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $19.85 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $19.85 ↓ -100%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $19.85 ↓ -100%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $19.85 ↓ -100%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $19.85 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $21.90 ↓ -99%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $26.76 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $32.58 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $34.35 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $34.35 ↓ -99%

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App high cost ss t/a/l <100sq cm addl <25sq cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,472.40 $38.50 – $1,963.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $372.00 $17.93 – $527.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $168.60 $38.50 – $529.86
UPMC Hanover Hanover $372.00 $17.93 – $426.78
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $345.00 $38.50 – $231.51
UPMC Jameson New Castle $345.00 $15.37 – $426.78
UPMC Lititz Lititz $372.00 $15.37 – $426.78
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $384.00 $16.91 – $153.12

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