M/phmtrc alysishquant/semiq 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

$21.39

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.

$93.00

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.

$20.69 with Amerihealth vs $57.84 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
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $20.69 ↓ -3%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $20.69 ↓ -3%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $26.00 ↑ +22%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $26.99 ↑ +26%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $26.99 ↑ +26%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $28.57 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $28.57 ↑ +34%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $28.57 ↑ +34%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $28.57 ↑ +34%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $28.57 ↑ +34%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $32.26 ↑ +51%
Univera Univera Medicare $33.60 ↑ +57%
Univera Univera Commercial $36.03 ↑ +68%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $36.15 ↑ +69%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $36.28 ↑ +70%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $38.38 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $38.38 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $38.38 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $38.38 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $38.38 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $38.38 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $38.38 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $38.38 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $38.38 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $38.38 ↑ +79%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $41.57 ↑ +94%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $41.57 ↑ +94%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $41.57 ↑ +94%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $44.68 ↑ +109%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $47.18 ↑ +121%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $47.18 ↑ +121%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $49.89 ↑ +133%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $54.22 ↑ +153%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $55.85 ↑ +161%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $55.85 ↑ +161%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $55.85 ↑ +161%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $57.84 ↑ +170%

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M/phmtrc alysishquant/semiq at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $152.40 $30.54 – $203.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $166.20 $37.95 – $235.45
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $24.18 $20.69 – $55.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $514.80 $53.00 – $686.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $166.20 $47.36 – $680.34
UPMC East Monroeville $1,038.00 $30.83 – $1,384.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $426.00 $30.54 – $240.11
UPMC Northwest Seneca $646.80 $61.44 – $96.27

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