Assay of silica 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

$17.48

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.

$76.00

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.

$14.00 with Jefferson Health Plans vs $85.76 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 $14.00 ↓ -20%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $14.00 ↓ -20%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $14.00 ↓ -20%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $14.00 ↓ -20%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $16.10 ↓ -8%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $16.10 ↓ -8%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $16.10 ↓ -8%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $16.64 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $16.64 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $16.64 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $16.64 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $16.64 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $16.64 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $16.64 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $16.64 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $16.64 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $16.64 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $16.64 ↓ -5%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $19.32 ↑ +11%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $19.41 ↑ +11%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $21.00 ↑ +20%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $21.43 ↑ +23%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $21.43 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $22.40 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $22.40 ↑ +28%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $22.40 ↑ +28%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $22.40 ↑ +28%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $23.19 ↑ +33%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $23.19 ↑ +33%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $23.45 ↑ +34%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $24.24 ↑ +39%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $25.21 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $25.21 ↑ +44%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $25.21 ↑ +44%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $25.21 ↑ +44%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $25.21 ↑ +44%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $25.21 ↑ +44%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $25.97 ↑ +49%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $26.04 ↑ +49%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $26.22 ↑ +50%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $26.22 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $26.22 ↑ +50%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $26.22 ↑ +50%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $26.22 ↑ +50%
Univera Univera Medicare $26.43 ↑ +51%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $26.47 ↑ +51%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $26.72 ↑ +53%
Humana Humana Commercial $26.72 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $26.97 ↑ +54%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $27.23 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $27.23 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $27.43 ↑ +57%
Molina Molina Ohio $27.48 ↑ +57%
Univera Univera Commercial $30.30 ↑ +73%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $53.62 ↑ +207%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $57.72 ↑ +230%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $85.76 ↑ +391%

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Assay of silica at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $19.76 $12.21 – $27.48
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $178.20 $15.40 – $51.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $266.40 $15.40 – $26.65
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $194.40 $15.40 – $51.70

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