Insert abdomen-venous drain 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

$506.46

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.

$2,202.00

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.

$56.73 with Univera vs $2,381.91 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
Univera Univera Essential Plan $56.73 ↓ -89%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $56.73 ↓ -89%
Univera Univera Medicare $71.21 ↓ -86%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $77.28 ↓ -85%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $77.28 ↓ -85%
Univera Univera Commercial $83.43 ↓ -84%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $97.15 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $106.72 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $106.72 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $106.72 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $106.72 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $106.72 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $117.76 ↓ -77%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $838.88 ↑ +66%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $887.39 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $887.39 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $887.39 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $887.39 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $887.39 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $887.39 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $887.39 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $887.39 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $887.39 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $887.39 ↑ +75%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,246.58 ↑ +146%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,319.29 ↑ +160%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,390.92 ↑ +175%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,390.92 ↑ +175%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $2,381.91 ↑ +370%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $572.52 $77.28 – $1,246.58

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