#fecal-sodium 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

$32.34

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.

$42.00

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.

$3.21 with Highmark vs $11.13 with Highmark — 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 Social Mission Indemnity $3.21 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $3.21 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $3.21 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $3.21 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $3.21 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $3.21 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $3.21 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $3.21 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $3.21 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $3.21 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $3.21 ↓ -90%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $3.74 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $4.13 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $4.13 ↓ -87%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $4.47 ↓ -86%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $4.47 ↓ -86%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $4.52 ↓ -86%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $4.72 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $4.86 ↓ -85%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $4.86 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $4.86 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $4.86 ↓ -85%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $4.86 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $4.86 ↓ -85%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $5.01 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $5.02 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $5.05 ↓ -84%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $5.05 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $5.05 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $5.05 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $5.05 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $5.10 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera Medicare $5.10 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $5.15 ↓ -84%
Humana Humana Commercial $5.15 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $5.20 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $5.25 ↓ -84%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $5.25 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $5.29 ↓ -84%
Molina Molina Ohio $5.30 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $5.43 ↓ -83%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $5.43 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $5.43 ↓ -83%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $5.43 ↓ -83%
Univera Univera Commercial $5.84 ↓ -82%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $6.24 ↓ -81%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $6.24 ↓ -81%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $6.24 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $7.49 ↓ -77%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $8.14 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $8.69 ↓ -73%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $8.69 ↓ -73%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $8.69 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $8.69 ↓ -73%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $10.34 ↓ -68%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $11.13 ↓ -66%

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#fecal-sodium at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $82.80 $4.80 – $110.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $85.20 $1.75 – $127.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $24.60 $4.81 – $34.85
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $31.08 $2.35 – $8.69
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $24.60 $4.81 – $36.29
UPMC East Monroeville $94.80 $4.80 – $126.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $43.80 $4.41 – $6.24
UPMC Hanover Hanover $24.60 $4.81 – $7.78

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