Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step helicobacter pylori stool 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

$94.71

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.

$123.00

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.

$9.49 with Highmark vs $32.92 with Highmark — 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 My Blue Access $9.49 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $9.49 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $9.49 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $9.49 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $9.49 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $9.49 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $9.49 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $9.49 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $9.49 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $9.49 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $9.49 ↓ -90%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $11.07 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $12.22 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $12.22 ↓ -87%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $13.23 ↓ -86%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $13.23 ↓ -86%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $13.37 ↓ -86%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $13.85 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $14.03 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $14.03 ↓ -85%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $14.38 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $14.38 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $14.38 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $14.38 ↓ -85%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $14.38 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $14.38 ↓ -85%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $14.81 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $14.85 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $14.96 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $14.96 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $14.96 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $14.96 ↓ -84%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $14.96 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera Medicare $15.08 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $15.10 ↓ -84%
Humana Humana Commercial $15.24 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $15.24 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $15.39 ↓ -84%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $15.53 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $15.53 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $15.65 ↓ -83%
Molina Molina Ohio $15.67 ↓ -83%
Univera Univera Commercial $17.28 ↓ -82%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $30.59 ↓ -68%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $32.92 ↓ -65%

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step helicobacter pylori stool at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $118.20 $14.22 – $157.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $61.20 $5.19 – $91.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $80.40 $7.91 – $113.90
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $91.02 $6.97 – $15.67
UPMC Cole Coudersport $53.40 $9.35 – $71.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $80.40 $11.49 – $113.90
UPMC East Monroeville $198.60 $14.22 – $264.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $107.40 $14.22 – $25.65

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