Eye photodynamic ther add-on 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

$17.48

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.

$76.00

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.

$22.18 with Univera vs $54.24 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 $22.18 ↑ +27%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $22.18 ↑ +27%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $22.94 ↑ +31%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $23.45 ↑ +34%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $24.09 ↑ +38%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $24.09 ↑ +38%
Allwell Allwell by Wellcare $25.21 ↑ +44%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $25.21 ↑ +44%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $25.97 ↑ +49%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $26.38 ↑ +51%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $26.38 ↑ +51%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $26.38 ↑ +51%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $26.72 ↑ +53%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $26.72 ↑ +53%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $27.73 ↑ +59%
Univera Univera Medicare $27.80 ↑ +59%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $30.28 ↑ +73%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $31.66 ↑ +81%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $33.26 ↑ +90%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $33.26 ↑ +90%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $33.26 ↑ +90%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $33.26 ↑ +90%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $33.26 ↑ +90%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $34.09 ↑ +95%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $34.41 ↑ +97%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $36.06 ↑ +106%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $36.06 ↑ +106%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $36.06 ↑ +106%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $36.06 ↑ +106%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $36.06 ↑ +106%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $36.06 ↑ +106%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $36.06 ↑ +106%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $36.06 ↑ +106%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $36.06 ↑ +106%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $36.06 ↑ +106%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $36.70 ↑ +110%
Univera Univera Commercial $37.09 ↑ +112%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $37.85 ↑ +117%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $37.85 ↑ +117%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $43.10 ↑ +147%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $51.44 ↑ +194%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $54.24 ↑ +210%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $54.24 ↑ +210%

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