Implant spinal canal cath 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

$595.93

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.

$2,591.00

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.

$81.24 with Univera vs $19,568.78 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 $81.24 ↓ -86%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $81.24 ↓ -86%
Univera Univera Medicare $98.60 ↓ -83%
Univera Univera Commercial $116.03 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $136.05 ↓ -77%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $136.05 ↓ -77%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $171.03 ↓ -71%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $187.88 ↓ -68%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $187.88 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $187.88 ↓ -68%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $187.88 ↓ -68%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $187.88 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $207.31 ↓ -65%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $968.26 ↑ +62%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $1,024.25 ↑ +72%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $1,024.25 ↑ +72%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $1,024.25 ↑ +72%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $1,024.25 ↑ +72%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $1,024.25 ↑ +72%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $1,024.25 ↑ +72%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $1,024.25 ↑ +72%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $1,024.25 ↑ +72%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $1,024.25 ↑ +72%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $1,024.25 ↑ +72%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,464.56 ↑ +146%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,586.20 ↑ +166%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,672.32 ↑ +181%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,672.32 ↑ +181%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $1,816.18 ↑ +205%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $6,322.62 ↑ +961%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $6,322.62 ↑ +961%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $6,391.34 ↑ +972%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $6,872.41 ↑ +1053%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $6,872.41 ↑ +1053%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $6,872.41 ↑ +1053%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $6,872.41 ↑ +1053%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $6,872.41 ↑ +1053%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $7,078.58 ↑ +1088%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $7,147.31 ↑ +1099%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $7,147.31 ↑ +1099%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $7,147.31 ↑ +1099%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $7,147.31 ↑ +1099%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $7,147.31 ↑ +1099%
Humana Humana Commercial $7,284.76 ↑ +1122%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $7,284.76 ↑ +1122%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $7,353.48 ↑ +1134%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $7,353.48 ↑ +1134%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $7,422.20 ↑ +1145%
Molina Molina Ohio $7,490.93 ↑ +1157%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $13,554.46 ↑ +2175%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $14,617.62 ↑ +2353%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $19,568.78 ↑ +3184%

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