Assay of phenylketones 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

$2.76

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.

$12.00

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.

$2.63 with Highmark vs $17.16 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 $2.63 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $2.63 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $2.63 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $2.63 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $2.63 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $2.63 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $2.63 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $2.63 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $2.63 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $2.63 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $2.63 ↓ -5%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $3.06 ↑ +11%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $3.38 ↑ +22%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $3.38 ↑ +22%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $3.66 ↑ +33%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $3.66 ↑ +33%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $3.70 ↑ +34%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $3.78 ↑ +37%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $3.98 ↑ +44%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $3.98 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $3.98 ↑ +44%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $3.98 ↑ +44%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $3.98 ↑ +44%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $3.98 ↑ +44%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $4.10 ↑ +49%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $4.11 ↑ +49%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $4.14 ↑ +50%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $4.14 ↑ +50%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $4.14 ↑ +50%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $4.14 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $4.14 ↑ +50%
Univera Univera Medicare $4.17 ↑ +51%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $4.18 ↑ +51%
Humana Humana Commercial $4.22 ↑ +53%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $4.22 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $4.26 ↑ +54%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $4.30 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $4.30 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $4.33 ↑ +57%
Molina Molina Ohio $4.34 ↑ +57%
Univera Univera Commercial $4.78 ↑ +73%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $5.05 ↑ +83%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $5.05 ↑ +83%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $5.05 ↑ +83%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $5.05 ↑ +83%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $5.81 ↑ +111%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $5.81 ↑ +111%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $5.81 ↑ +111%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $6.97 ↑ +153%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $7.57 ↑ +174%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $8.08 ↑ +193%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $8.08 ↑ +193%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $8.08 ↑ +193%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $8.08 ↑ +193%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $8.47 ↑ +207%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $9.11 ↑ +230%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $17.16 ↑ +522%

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Assay of phenylketones at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $3.12 $1.93 – $8.08

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