Dilate biliary duct/ampulla 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

$85.79

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.

$373.00

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.

$107.80 with Univera vs $267.58 with United Healthcare — 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 Essential Plan $107.80 ↑ +26%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $107.80 ↑ +26%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $109.31 ↑ +27%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $114.78 ↑ +34%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $114.78 ↑ +34%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $115.65 ↑ +35%
Allwell Allwell by Wellcare $124.35 ↑ +45%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $124.35 ↑ +45%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $125.71 ↑ +47%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $125.71 ↑ +47%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $125.71 ↑ +47%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $128.08 ↑ +49%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $131.81 ↑ +54%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $131.81 ↑ +54%
Univera Univera Medicare $135.30 ↑ +58%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $136.79 ↑ +59%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $140.05 ↑ +63%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $144.29 ↑ +68%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $148.15 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $148.15 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $148.15 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $148.15 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $148.15 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $148.15 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $148.15 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $148.15 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $148.15 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $148.15 ↑ +73%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $150.85 ↑ +76%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $158.50 ↑ +85%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $158.50 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $158.50 ↑ +85%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $158.50 ↑ +85%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $158.50 ↑ +85%
Univera Univera Commercial $158.52 ↑ +85%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $163.97 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $174.90 ↑ +104%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $180.36 ↑ +110%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $180.36 ↑ +110%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $211.39 ↑ +146%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $253.80 ↑ +196%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $267.58 ↑ +212%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $267.58 ↑ +212%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,304.60 $138.82 – $9,539.00
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $7,442.92 $114.78 – $211.39
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,304.60 $143.20 – $3,264.85
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,304.60 $138.82 – $695.48
UPMC Lititz Lititz $2,304.60 $124.67 – $695.48
UPMC Memorial York $2,304.60 $124.67 – $695.48
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,304.60 $120.24 – $664.57
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital Lebanon $3,115.20 $136.64 – $371.65

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