Bx spinal cord pq ndl at GROVE CITY HOSPITAL
631 NORTH BROAD STREET EXT, GROVE CITY, PA · Ahn · · NPI 1023000296
$167.21
Cash price 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.
$727.00
Gross charge 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.
$209.94 with Univera vs $4,438.31 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Univera | Univera Essential Plan | $209.94 | ↑ +26% |
| Univera | Univera Healthy New York | $209.94 | ↑ +26% |
| Univera | Univera Medicare | $254.81 | ↑ +52% |
| Highmark | Highmark Together Blue | $265.78 | ↑ +59% |
| Highmark | Highmark My Blue Access | $281.15 | ↑ +68% |
| Highmark | Highmark Social Mission Managed Care | $281.15 | ↑ +68% |
| Highmark | Highmark Indemnity | $281.15 | ↑ +68% |
| Highmark | Highmark Managed Care | $281.15 | ↑ +68% |
| Highmark | Highmark My Direct Blue | $281.15 | ↑ +68% |
| Highmark | Highmark Blue High Performance | $281.15 | ↑ +68% |
| Highmark | Highmark Community Blue | $281.15 | ↑ +68% |
| Highmark | Highmark Social Mission Indemnity | $281.15 | ↑ +68% |
| Highmark | Highmark Connect Blue | $281.15 | ↑ +68% |
| Highmark | Highmark Performance Blue | $281.15 | ↑ +68% |
| Univera | Univera Commercial | $299.84 | ↑ +79% |
| Cigna | Cigna Commercial | $409.34 | ↑ +145% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial | $488.11 | ↑ +192% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Commercial | $514.61 | ↑ +208% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid | $514.61 | ↑ +208% |
| University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial | $678.33 | ↑ +306% |
| Highmark | Highmark Complete Blue Medicare | $1,434.01 | ↑ +758% |
| Highmark | Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO | $1,434.01 | ↑ +758% |
| Highmark | Highmark Freedom Blue | $1,449.59 | ↑ +767% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Medicaid | $1,463.57 | ↑ +775% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare CHIP | $1,463.57 | ↑ +775% |
| University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP | $1,558.70 | ↑ +832% |
| American Health Plans | American Health Plans Medicare | $1,558.70 | ↑ +832% |
| Life Pittsburgh | Life Pittsburgh Medicare | $1,558.70 | ↑ +832% |
| University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO | $1,558.70 | ↑ +832% |
| University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO | $1,558.70 | ↑ +832% |
| Devoted Medicare | Devoted Health Medicare Advantage | $1,605.46 | ↑ +860% |
| Highmark | Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO | $1,621.05 | ↑ +869% |
| Highmark | Highmark Together Blue Medicare | $1,621.05 | ↑ +869% |
| Aetna | Aetna Medicare | $1,621.05 | ↑ +869% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Medicare | $1,621.05 | ↑ +869% |
| Highmark | Highmark Security Blue | $1,621.05 | ↑ +869% |
| Amerihealth | Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare | $1,636.64 | ↑ +879% |
| Humana | Humana Commercial | $1,652.23 | ↑ +888% |
| Highmark Wholecare | Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured | $1,652.23 | ↑ +888% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP | $1,667.81 | ↑ +897% |
| Cigna | Cigna Medicare | $1,667.81 | ↑ +897% |
| United Healthcare | United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP | $1,683.40 | ↑ +907% |
| Molina | Molina Ohio | $1,698.99 | ↑ +916% |
| Highmark | Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced | $3,074.23 | ↑ +1739% |
| Aetna | Aetna Commercial | $3,315.36 | ↑ +1883% |
| Medical Mutual | Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) | $4,438.31 | ↑ +2554% |
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Bx spinal cord pq ndl at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $2,080.80 | $475.12 – $2,947.80 |
| AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL | WEXFORD | $189.02 | $265.78 – $5,171.86 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $2,080.80 | $693.60 – $2,947.80 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $2,080.80 | $1,198.30 – $2,476.51 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $2,080.80 | $1,198.30 – $2,489.89 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | $2,080.80 | $444.23 – $2,485.84 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $2,080.80 | $539.52 – $1,668.12 |