Culture typing immunologic 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

$34.65

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.

$45.00

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.

$3.00 with Jefferson Health Plans vs $38.99 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 $3.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $3.00 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $3.00 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $3.00 ↓ -91%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $3.42 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $3.42 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $3.42 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $3.42 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $3.42 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $3.42 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $3.42 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $3.42 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $3.42 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $3.42 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $3.42 ↓ -90%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $3.45 ↓ -90%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $3.45 ↓ -90%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $3.45 ↓ -90%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $3.99 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $4.14 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $4.40 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $4.40 ↓ -87%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $4.50 ↓ -87%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $4.77 ↓ -86%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $4.77 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $4.80 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $4.80 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $4.80 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $4.80 ↓ -86%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $4.82 ↓ -86%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $5.04 ↓ -85%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $5.18 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $5.18 ↓ -85%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $5.18 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $5.18 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $5.18 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $5.18 ↓ -85%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $5.34 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $5.35 ↓ -85%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $5.39 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $5.39 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $5.39 ↓ -84%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $5.39 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $5.39 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera Medicare $5.43 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $5.44 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $5.49 ↓ -84%
Humana Humana Commercial $5.49 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $5.54 ↓ -84%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $5.59 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $5.59 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $5.64 ↓ -84%
Molina Molina Ohio $5.65 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera Commercial $6.23 ↓ -82%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $11.02 ↓ -68%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $11.86 ↓ -66%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $38.99 ↑ +13%

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