Insert intervert bimech device 22854 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

$215.97

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.

$939.00

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.

$266.02 with Univera vs $653.13 with United Healthcare — 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 $266.02 ↑ +23%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $266.02 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $322.35 ↑ +49%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $322.35 ↑ +49%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $348.46 ↑ +61%
Univera Univera Medicare $349.45 ↑ +62%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $368.61 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $368.61 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $368.61 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $368.61 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $368.61 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $368.61 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $368.61 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $368.61 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $368.61 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $368.61 ↑ +71%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $532.27 ↑ +146%
Univera Univera Commercial $550.82 ↑ +155%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $619.49 ↑ +187%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $653.13 ↑ +202%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $653.13 ↑ +202%

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Insert intervert bimech device 22854 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $244.14 $322.35 – $532.27
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg not published $270.51 – $1,633.00
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $226.49 – $459.62
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh not published $228.65 – $534.44

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