Heparin-protamine tolerance 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

$9.20

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.

$40.00

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.

$8.64 with Highmark vs $56.14 with University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — 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 Managed Care $8.64 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $8.64 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $8.64 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $8.64 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $8.64 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $8.64 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $8.64 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $8.64 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $8.64 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $8.64 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $8.64 ↓ -6%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $10.08 ↑ +10%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $11.13 ↑ +21%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $11.13 ↑ +21%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $11.59 ↑ +26%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $11.59 ↑ +26%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $11.59 ↑ +26%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $11.59 ↑ +26%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $12.04 ↑ +31%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $12.04 ↑ +31%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $12.17 ↑ +32%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $12.59 ↑ +37%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $13.09 ↑ +42%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $13.09 ↑ +42%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $13.09 ↑ +42%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $13.09 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $13.09 ↑ +42%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $13.09 ↑ +42%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $13.33 ↑ +45%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $13.33 ↑ +45%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $13.33 ↑ +45%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $13.48 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $13.52 ↑ +47%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $13.61 ↑ +48%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $13.61 ↑ +48%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $13.61 ↑ +48%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $13.61 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $13.61 ↑ +48%
Univera Univera Medicare $13.72 ↑ +49%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $13.74 ↑ +49%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $13.88 ↑ +51%
Humana Humana Commercial $13.88 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $14.01 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $14.14 ↑ +54%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $14.14 ↑ +54%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $14.24 ↑ +55%
Molina Molina Ohio $14.27 ↑ +55%
Univera Univera Commercial $15.73 ↑ +71%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $15.99 ↑ +74%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $17.38 ↑ +89%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $18.54 ↑ +102%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $18.54 ↑ +102%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $18.54 ↑ +102%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $18.54 ↑ +102%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $27.84 ↑ +203%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $29.97 ↑ +226%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $56.14 ↑ +510%

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Heparin-protamine tolerance at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $10.40 $6.34 – $18.54

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