Ghs intro needle/intracath vein - 36000 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

$228.69

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.

$297.00

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.

$7.39 with Univera vs $1,241.60 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 $7.39 ↓ -97%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $7.39 ↓ -97%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $8.08 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $8.48 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $8.48 ↓ -96%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $9.29 ↓ -96%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $9.29 ↓ -96%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $9.29 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $9.52 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $10.06 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $10.06 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $10.06 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $10.06 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $10.06 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $10.06 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $10.06 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $10.06 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $10.06 ↓ -96%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $10.06 ↓ -96%
Univera Univera Medicare $10.38 ↓ -95%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $10.67 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $11.15 ↓ -95%
Univera Univera Commercial $11.56 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $11.72 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $11.72 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $11.72 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $11.72 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $11.72 ↓ -95%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $12.12 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $13.33 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $13.33 ↓ -94%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $14.46 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $16.62 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $17.53 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $17.53 ↓ -92%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $54.10 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +443%

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Ghs intro needle/intracath vein - 36000 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $219.78 $8.48 – $14.46
UPMC Cole Coudersport $226.80 $8.48 – $134.23
UPMC Kane Kane $595.20 $8.89 – $148.28
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $489.60 $8.89 – $93.83
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $406.80 $8.89 – $92.94
UPMC Muncy Muncy $118.20 $8.89 – $993.28
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $143.20 $8.89 – $993.28
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital Chambersburg $100.80 $10.10 – $90.72

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