Metabolic panel ionized ca 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

$9.66

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.

$42.00

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.

$9.06 with Highmark vs $31.43 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
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $9.06 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $9.06 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $9.06 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $9.06 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $9.06 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $9.06 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $9.06 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $9.06 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $9.06 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $9.06 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $9.06 ↓ -6%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $10.57 ↑ +9%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $11.67 ↑ +21%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $11.67 ↑ +21%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $11.91 ↑ +23%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $11.91 ↑ +23%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $11.91 ↑ +23%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $11.91 ↑ +23%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $12.63 ↑ +31%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $12.63 ↑ +31%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $12.77 ↑ +32%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $13.22 ↑ +37%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $13.70 ↑ +42%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $13.70 ↑ +42%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $13.70 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $13.73 ↑ +42%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $13.73 ↑ +42%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $13.73 ↑ +42%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $13.73 ↑ +42%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $13.73 ↑ +42%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $13.73 ↑ +42%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $14.14 ↑ +46%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $14.18 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $14.28 ↑ +48%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $14.28 ↑ +48%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $14.28 ↑ +48%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $14.28 ↑ +48%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $14.28 ↑ +48%
Univera Univera Medicare $14.39 ↑ +49%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $14.42 ↑ +49%
Humana Humana Commercial $14.55 ↑ +51%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $14.55 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $14.69 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $14.83 ↑ +54%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $14.83 ↑ +54%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $14.94 ↑ +55%
Molina Molina Ohio $14.97 ↑ +55%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $16.44 ↑ +70%
Univera Univera Commercial $16.50 ↑ +71%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $17.87 ↑ +85%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $19.06 ↑ +97%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $19.06 ↑ +97%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $19.06 ↑ +97%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $19.06 ↑ +97%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $29.20 ↑ +202%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $31.43 ↑ +225%

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