Assay blood catecholamines 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

$20.24

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.

$88.00

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.

$19.20 with Highmark vs $88.89 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 Managed Care $19.20 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $19.20 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $19.20 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $19.20 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $19.20 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $19.20 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $19.20 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $19.20 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $19.20 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $19.20 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $19.20 ↓ -5%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $20.00 ↓ -1%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $20.00 ↓ -1%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $20.00 ↓ -1%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $20.00 ↓ -1%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $22.39 ↑ +11%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $23.00 ↑ +14%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $23.00 ↑ +14%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $23.00 ↑ +14%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $24.72 ↑ +22%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $24.72 ↑ +22%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $26.75 ↑ +32%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $26.75 ↑ +32%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $27.04 ↑ +34%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $27.60 ↑ +36%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $28.01 ↑ +38%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $29.08 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $29.08 ↑ +44%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $29.08 ↑ +44%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $29.08 ↑ +44%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $29.08 ↑ +44%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $29.08 ↑ +44%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $29.95 ↑ +48%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $30.00 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $30.04 ↑ +48%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $30.24 ↑ +49%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $30.24 ↑ +49%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $30.24 ↑ +49%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $30.24 ↑ +49%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $30.24 ↑ +49%
Univera Univera Medicare $30.49 ↑ +51%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $30.53 ↑ +51%
Humana Humana Commercial $30.82 ↑ +52%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $30.82 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $31.12 ↑ +54%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $31.41 ↑ +55%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $31.41 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $31.64 ↑ +56%
Molina Molina Ohio $31.70 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $32.00 ↑ +58%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $32.00 ↑ +58%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $32.00 ↑ +58%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $32.00 ↑ +58%
Univera Univera Commercial $34.95 ↑ +73%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $61.85 ↑ +206%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $66.58 ↑ +229%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $88.89 ↑ +339%

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Assay blood catecholamines at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $22.88 $14.09 – $32.00

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