Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm 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

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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.

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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.

$16.24 with United Healthcare vs $72.12 with Highmark — 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
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $16.24 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $17.08 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $17.08 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $24.00 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $24.00 —
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $25.26 —
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $25.99 —
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $25.99 —
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $25.99 —
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $25.99 —
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $25.99 —
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $25.99 —
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $25.99 —
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $25.99 —
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $25.99 —
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $25.99 —
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $28.98 —
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $28.98 —
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $29.30 —
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $31.50 —
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $31.50 —
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $31.50 —
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $31.50 —
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $31.50 —
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $32.45 —
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $32.76 —
Aetna Aetna Medicare $32.76 —
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $32.76 —
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $32.76 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $32.76 —
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $33.08 —
Humana Humana Commercial $33.39 —
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $33.39 —
Cigna Cigna Medicare $33.70 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $33.70 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $34.02 —
Molina Molina Ohio $34.34 —
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $45.88 —
Cigna Cigna Commercial $57.65 —
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $57.65 —
Aetna Aetna Commercial $67.00 —
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $72.12 —

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Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $62.40 $19.76 – $126.17
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $3.76 $15.26 – $57.65
UPMC East Monroeville $25.80 $2.47 – $126.17
UPMC Hamot Erie $86.40 $33.85 – $48.29
UPMC Northwest Seneca $223.20 $48.29 – $152.67
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $75.60 $48.29 – $126.17
UPMC Jameson New Castle $42.60 $15.17 – $126.17
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $70.80 $16.69 – $126.17

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