Extended culture of oocytes 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

$690.00

Cash price

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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.

$3,000.00

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.

$542.96 with Highmark vs $2,381.93 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
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $542.96 ↓ -21%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $723.00 ↑ +5%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $723.00 ↑ +5%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $730.86 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $757.87 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $757.87 ↑ +10%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $785.87 ↑ +14%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $785.87 ↑ +14%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $785.87 ↑ +14%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $785.87 ↑ +14%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $785.87 ↑ +14%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $809.45 ↑ +17%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $817.31 ↑ +18%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $817.31 ↑ +18%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $817.31 ↑ +18%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $817.31 ↑ +18%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $817.31 ↑ +18%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $825.17 ↑ +20%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $833.03 ↑ +21%
Humana Humana Commercial $833.03 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $840.89 ↑ +22%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $840.89 ↑ +22%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $848.74 ↑ +23%
Molina Molina Ohio $856.60 ↑ +24%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $928.75 ↑ +35%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $928.75 ↑ +35%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $1,300.23 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $1,452.00 ↑ +110%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $1,452.00 ↑ +110%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $1,452.00 ↑ +110%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $1,452.00 ↑ +110%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $1,452.00 ↑ +110%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $1,452.00 ↑ +110%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $1,452.00 ↑ +110%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $1,549.98 ↑ +125%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $1,671.55 ↑ +142%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $2,237.73 ↑ +224%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $2,237.73 ↑ +224%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $2,381.93 ↑ +245%

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