Ghs ed rmvl or bivalving cast 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

$21.39

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.

$93.00

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.

$26.79 with Univera vs $727.50 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 Healthy New York $26.79 ↑ +25%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $26.79 ↑ +25%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $28.92 ↑ +35%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $31.10 ↑ +45%
Allwell Allwell by Wellcare $31.10 ↑ +45%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $32.03 ↑ +50%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $32.97 ↑ +54%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $32.97 ↑ +54%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $34.21 ↑ +60%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $34.40 ↑ +61%
Univera Univera Medicare $35.09 ↑ +64%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $36.39 ↑ +70%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $36.39 ↑ +70%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $36.39 ↑ +70%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $36.39 ↑ +70%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $36.39 ↑ +70%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $36.39 ↑ +70%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $36.39 ↑ +70%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $36.39 ↑ +70%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $36.39 ↑ +70%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $36.39 ↑ +70%
Univera Univera Commercial $39.40 ↑ +84%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $52.65 ↑ +146%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $61.06 ↑ +185%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $64.38 ↑ +201%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $64.38 ↑ +201%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $139.73 ↑ +553%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $158.00 ↑ +639%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $234.16 ↑ +995%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $234.16 ↑ +995%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $235.05 ↑ +999%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $235.05 ↑ +999%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $237.61 ↑ +1011%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $255.49 ↑ +1094%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $255.49 ↑ +1094%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $255.49 ↑ +1094%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $265.71 ↑ +1142%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $265.71 ↑ +1142%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $265.71 ↑ +1142%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $265.71 ↑ +1142%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $268.27 ↑ +1154%
Humana Humana Commercial $270.82 ↑ +1166%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $270.82 ↑ +1166%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $273.38 ↑ +1178%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $273.38 ↑ +1178%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $275.93 ↑ +1190%
Molina Molina Ohio $278.49 ↑ +1202%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $503.91 ↑ +2256%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $543.43 ↑ +2441%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $727.50 ↑ +3301%

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Ghs ed rmvl or bivalving cast at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $408.60 $92.94 – $544.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $547.80 $91.35 – $821.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $370.80 $84.67 – $525.30
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $746.66 $28.92 – $847.74
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $370.80 $123.60 – $525.30
UPMC Hamot Erie $588.60 $92.94 – $368.26
UPMC Hanover Hanover $370.80 $191.72 – $405.94
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $409.20 $154.68 – $273.46

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