Ins cerv dilator (sep proc) 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

$43.47

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.

$189.00

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.

$35.44 with Univera vs $833.27 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 $35.44 ↓ -18%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $35.44 ↓ -18%
Univera Univera Medicare $42.39 ↓ -2%
Univera Univera Commercial $47.33 ↑ +9%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $51.77 ↑ +19%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $54.76 ↑ +26%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $54.76 ↑ +26%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $54.76 ↑ +26%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $54.76 ↑ +26%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $54.76 ↑ +26%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $54.76 ↑ +26%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $54.76 ↑ +26%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $54.76 ↑ +26%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $54.76 ↑ +26%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $54.76 ↑ +26%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $58.52 ↑ +35%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $62.92 ↑ +45%
Allwell Allwell by Wellcare $62.92 ↑ +45%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $64.81 ↑ +49%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $66.70 ↑ +53%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $66.70 ↑ +53%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $69.21 ↑ +59%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $70.82 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $82.90 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $87.40 ↑ +101%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $87.40 ↑ +101%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $175.15 ↑ +303%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $178.00 ↑ +309%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $269.23 ↑ +519%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $269.23 ↑ +519%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $272.15 ↑ +526%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $284.96 ↑ +556%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $284.96 ↑ +556%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $292.64 ↑ +573%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $292.64 ↑ +573%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $292.64 ↑ +573%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $304.34 ↑ +600%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $304.34 ↑ +600%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $304.34 ↑ +600%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $304.34 ↑ +600%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $307.27 ↑ +607%
Humana Humana Commercial $310.20 ↑ +614%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $310.20 ↑ +614%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $313.12 ↑ +620%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $313.12 ↑ +620%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $316.05 ↑ +627%
Molina Molina Ohio $318.97 ↑ +634%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $577.17 ↑ +1228%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $622.44 ↑ +1332%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $833.27 ↑ +1817%

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Ins cerv dilator (sep proc) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,562.00 $204.47 – $3,416.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,416.00 $104.64 – $2,124.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $678.00 $154.81 – $960.50
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $855.44 $51.77 – $970.98
UPMC Cole Coudersport $385.80 $25.50 – $514.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $678.00 $226.00 – $3,000.00
UPMC Hanover Hanover $678.00 $233.31 – $464.94
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $890.40 $259.65 – $397.78

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