Ionm remote/>1 pt or per hr 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

$169.28

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.

$736.00

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.

$26.13 with Univera vs $144.10 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
Univera Univera Essential Plan $26.13 ↓ -85%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $26.13 ↓ -85%
Univera Univera Medicare $32.83 ↓ -81%
Univera Univera Commercial $37.37 ↓ -78%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $129.69 ↓ -23%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $144.10 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $144.10 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $144.10 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $144.10 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $144.10 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $144.10 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $144.10 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $144.10 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $144.10 ↓ -15%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $144.10 ↓ -15%

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Ionm remote/>1 pt or per hr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $821.40 $129.69 – $129.69
UPMC East Monroeville $722.40 $141.06 – $963.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $389.40 $82.31 – $139.73
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,587.60 $362.64 – $362.64
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $415.80 $139.73 – $139.73
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,504.00 $141.06 – $141.06
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,576.80 $141.06 – $141.06
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,502.80 $141.06 – $141.06

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