Create passage to kidney 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

$117.53

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.

$511.00

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.

$147.14 with Univera vs $9,447.74 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
Univera Univera Healthy New York $147.14 ↑ +25%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $147.14 ↑ +25%
Univera Univera Medicare $179.45 ↑ +53%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $225.76 ↑ +92%
Univera Univera Commercial $233.69 ↑ +99%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $238.82 ↑ +103%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $238.82 ↑ +103%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $238.82 ↑ +103%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $238.82 ↑ +103%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $238.82 ↑ +103%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $238.82 ↑ +103%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $238.82 ↑ +103%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $238.82 ↑ +103%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $238.82 ↑ +103%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $238.82 ↑ +103%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $239.74 ↑ +104%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $251.73 ↑ +114%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $251.73 ↑ +114%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $275.70 ↑ +135%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $275.70 ↑ +135%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $275.70 ↑ +135%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $287.76 ↑ +145%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $316.46 ↑ +169%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $330.84 ↑ +181%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $336.09 ↑ +186%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $347.62 ↑ +196%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $347.62 ↑ +196%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $347.62 ↑ +196%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $347.62 ↑ +196%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $347.62 ↑ +196%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $354.34 ↑ +201%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $354.34 ↑ +201%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $359.61 ↑ +206%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $395.57 ↑ +237%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $395.57 ↑ +237%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $962.00 ↑ +719%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +956%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $3,052.54 ↑ +2497%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $3,052.54 ↑ +2497%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $3,085.72 ↑ +2525%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $3,317.98 ↑ +2723%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $3,317.98 ↑ +2723%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $3,317.98 ↑ +2723%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $3,317.98 ↑ +2723%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $3,317.98 ↑ +2723%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $3,417.52 ↑ +2808%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $3,450.70 ↑ +2836%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $3,450.70 ↑ +2836%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $3,450.70 ↑ +2836%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $3,450.70 ↑ +2836%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $3,450.70 ↑ +2836%
Humana Humana Commercial $3,517.06 ↑ +2892%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $3,517.06 ↑ +2892%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $3,550.24 ↑ +2921%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $3,550.24 ↑ +2921%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $3,583.42 ↑ +2949%
Molina Molina Ohio $3,616.60 ↑ +2977%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $6,544.05 ↑ +5468%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $7,057.34 ↑ +5905%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $9,447.74 ↑ +7939%

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