Echo transesophageal 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

$56.81

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.

$247.00

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.

$58.29 with Amerihealth vs $219.33 with Amerihealth — 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
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $58.29 ↑ +3%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $58.29 ↑ +3%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $71.50 ↑ +26%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $71.50 ↑ +26%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $73.27 ↑ +29%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $80.49 ↑ +42%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $80.49 ↑ +42%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $80.49 ↑ +42%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $80.49 ↑ +42%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $80.49 ↑ +42%
Univera Univera Medicare $95.05 ↑ +67%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $105.77 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $111.88 ↑ +97%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $111.88 ↑ +97%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $111.88 ↑ +97%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $111.88 ↑ +97%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $111.88 ↑ +97%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $111.88 ↑ +97%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $111.88 ↑ +97%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $111.88 ↑ +97%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $111.88 ↑ +97%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $111.88 ↑ +97%
Univera Univera Commercial $121.05 ↑ +113%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $132.93 ↑ +134%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $139.71 ↑ +146%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $152.87 ↑ +169%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $152.87 ↑ +169%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $152.87 ↑ +169%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $165.90 ↑ +192%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $174.91 ↑ +208%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $174.91 ↑ +208%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $183.44 ↑ +223%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $199.01 ↑ +250%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $199.40 ↑ +251%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $212.69 ↑ +274%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $219.33 ↑ +286%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $219.33 ↑ +286%

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Echo transesophageal at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $64.22 $58.29 – $183.44
UPMC Muncy Muncy $391.20 $170.15 – $546.82
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $472.80 $170.15 – $465.73

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