Assay of prostaglandin 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

$274.89

Cash price

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$357.00

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.

$11.00 with Jefferson Health Plans vs $96.68 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
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $11.00 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $11.00 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $11.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $11.00 ↓ -96%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $12.65 ↓ -95%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $12.65 ↓ -95%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $12.65 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $15.18 ↓ -94%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $16.50 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $17.60 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $17.60 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $17.60 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $17.60 ↓ -94%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $27.57 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $27.57 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $27.57 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $27.57 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $27.57 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $27.57 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $27.57 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $27.57 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $27.57 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $27.57 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $27.57 ↓ -90%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $32.16 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $35.50 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $35.50 ↓ -87%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $38.43 ↓ -86%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $38.43 ↓ -86%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $38.85 ↓ -86%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $40.29 ↓ -85%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $41.77 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $41.77 ↓ -85%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $41.77 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $41.77 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $41.77 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $41.77 ↓ -85%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $43.02 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $43.15 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $43.44 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $43.44 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $43.44 ↓ -84%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $43.44 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $43.44 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera Medicare $43.79 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $43.86 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $44.28 ↓ -84%
Humana Humana Commercial $44.28 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $44.69 ↓ -84%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $45.11 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $45.11 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $45.45 ↓ -83%
Molina Molina Ohio $45.53 ↓ -83%
Univera Univera Commercial $50.20 ↓ -82%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $88.84 ↓ -68%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $95.63 ↓ -65%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $96.68 ↓ -65%

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Assay of prostaglandin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $183.60 $11.00 – $244.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $336.00 $11.00 – $504.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $211.80 $11.00 – $300.05
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $264.18 $11.00 – $45.53
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $211.80 $11.00 – $300.05
UPMC East Monroeville $186.60 $11.00 – $248.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $260.40 $11.00 – $46.79
UPMC Northwest Seneca $298.20 $12.10 – $43.86

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