Biopsy eye muscle 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

$122.59

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.

$533.00

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.

$138.58 with Amerihealth vs $10,329.88 with Medical Mutual — 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
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $138.58 ↑ +13%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $138.58 ↑ +13%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $155.78 ↑ +27%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $155.78 ↑ +27%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $174.21 ↑ +42%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $191.37 ↑ +56%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $191.37 ↑ +56%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $191.37 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $191.37 ↑ +56%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $191.37 ↑ +56%
Univera Univera Medicare $195.21 ↑ +59%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $239.88 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $253.75 ↑ +107%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $253.75 ↑ +107%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $253.75 ↑ +107%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $253.75 ↑ +107%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $253.75 ↑ +107%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $253.75 ↑ +107%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $253.75 ↑ +107%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $253.75 ↑ +107%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $253.75 ↑ +107%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $253.75 ↑ +107%
Univera Univera Commercial $260.44 ↑ +112%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $301.55 ↑ +146%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $344.76 ↑ +181%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $363.47 ↑ +196%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $363.47 ↑ +196%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $776.00 ↑ +533%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $892.40 ↑ +628%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $892.40 ↑ +628%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $892.40 ↑ +628%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $1,070.88 ↑ +774%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +850%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +913%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +944%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +944%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $3,337.56 ↑ +2623%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $3,337.56 ↑ +2623%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $3,373.83 ↑ +2652%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $3,627.78 ↑ +2859%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $3,627.78 ↑ +2859%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $3,627.78 ↑ +2859%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $3,627.78 ↑ +2859%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $3,627.78 ↑ +2859%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $3,736.61 ↑ +2948%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $3,772.89 ↑ +2978%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $3,772.89 ↑ +2978%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $3,772.89 ↑ +2978%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $3,772.89 ↑ +2978%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $3,772.89 ↑ +2978%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $3,845.44 ↑ +3037%
Humana Humana Commercial $3,845.44 ↑ +3037%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $3,881.72 ↑ +3066%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $3,881.72 ↑ +3066%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $3,918.00 ↑ +3096%
Molina Molina Ohio $3,954.28 ↑ +3126%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $7,155.07 ↑ +5737%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $7,716.28 ↑ +6194%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $10,329.88 ↑ +8326%

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