Esoph optical endomicroscopy 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

$85.10

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.

$370.00

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.

$106.97 with Univera vs $5,196.41 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 Essential Plan $106.97 ↑ +26%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $106.97 ↑ +26%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $114.61 ↑ +35%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $123.24 ↑ +45%
Allwell Allwell by Wellcare $123.24 ↑ +45%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $126.94 ↑ +49%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $130.63 ↑ +54%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $130.63 ↑ +54%
Univera Univera Medicare $134.25 ↑ +58%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $135.56 ↑ +59%
Univera Univera Commercial $157.30 ↑ +85%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $158.53 ↑ +86%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $167.70 ↑ +97%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $167.70 ↑ +97%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $167.70 ↑ +97%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $167.70 ↑ +97%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $167.70 ↑ +97%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $167.70 ↑ +97%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $167.70 ↑ +97%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $167.70 ↑ +97%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $167.70 ↑ +97%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $167.70 ↑ +97%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $208.64 ↑ +145%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $243.55 ↑ +186%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $256.77 ↑ +202%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $256.77 ↑ +202%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $1,678.95 ↑ +1873%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $1,678.95 ↑ +1873%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $1,697.20 ↑ +1894%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $1,699.79 ↑ +1897%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,699.79 ↑ +1897%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $1,824.94 ↑ +2044%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $1,824.94 ↑ +2044%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $1,824.94 ↑ +2044%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $1,897.94 ↑ +2130%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $1,897.94 ↑ +2130%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $1,897.94 ↑ +2130%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $1,897.94 ↑ +2130%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $1,916.19 ↑ +2152%
Humana Humana Commercial $1,934.44 ↑ +2173%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $1,934.44 ↑ +2173%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $1,952.69 ↑ +2195%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $1,952.69 ↑ +2195%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $1,970.94 ↑ +2216%
Molina Molina Ohio $1,989.19 ↑ +2237%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $3,599.33 ↑ +4130%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $3,881.65 ↑ +4461%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $5,196.41 ↑ +6006%

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