Implantation iris prosthesis 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

$493.35

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.

$2,145.00

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.

$63.20 with Univera vs $44,969.46 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 Essential Plan $63.20 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $63.20 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Medicare $79.19 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera Commercial $105.66 ↓ -79%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,220.78 ↑ +147%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,458.04 ↑ +196%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,537.21 ↑ +212%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,537.21 ↑ +212%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $10,911.34 ↑ +2112%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $14,529.51 ↑ +2845%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $14,529.51 ↑ +2845%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $14,687.44 ↑ +2877%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $15,792.94 ↑ +3101%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $15,792.94 ↑ +3101%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $15,792.94 ↑ +3101%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $15,792.94 ↑ +3101%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $15,792.94 ↑ +3101%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $16,266.73 ↑ +3197%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $16,424.66 ↑ +3229%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $16,424.66 ↑ +3229%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $16,424.66 ↑ +3229%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $16,424.66 ↑ +3229%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $16,424.66 ↑ +3229%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $16,582.59 ↑ +3261%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $16,740.52 ↑ +3293%
Humana Humana Commercial $16,740.52 ↑ +3293%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $16,898.45 ↑ +3325%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $16,898.45 ↑ +3325%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $17,056.38 ↑ +3357%
Molina Molina Ohio $17,214.31 ↑ +3389%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $18,664.10 ↑ +3683%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $18,664.10 ↑ +3683%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $26,129.43 ↑ +5196%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $31,148.42 ↑ +6214%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $31,148.42 ↑ +6214%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $31,148.42 ↑ +6214%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $32,615.59 ↑ +6511%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $32,615.59 ↑ +6511%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $32,615.59 ↑ +6511%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $33,591.59 ↑ +6709%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $44,969.46 ↑ +9015%

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