Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution 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

$977.42

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.

$4,249.67

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.

$4.21 with Highmark vs $17.99 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 My Direct Blue $4.21 ↓ -100%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $4.21 ↓ -100%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $4.21 ↓ -100%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $4.21 ↓ -100%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $4.21 ↓ -100%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $4.21 ↓ -100%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $4.21 ↓ -100%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $4.21 ↓ -100%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $4.21 ↓ -100%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $4.21 ↓ -100%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $4.21 ↓ -100%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $4.79 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $6.12 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $6.48 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $6.48 ↓ -99%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $7.23 ↓ -99%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $7.23 ↓ -99%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $7.31 ↓ -99%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $7.86 ↓ -99%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $7.86 ↓ -99%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $7.86 ↓ -99%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $7.86 ↓ -99%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $7.86 ↓ -99%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $8.09 ↓ -99%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $8.17 ↓ -99%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $8.17 ↓ -99%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $8.17 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $8.17 ↓ -99%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $8.17 ↓ -99%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $8.25 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $8.33 ↓ -99%
Humana Humana Commercial $8.33 ↓ -99%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $8.41 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $8.41 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $8.49 ↓ -99%
Molina Molina Ohio $8.57 ↓ -99%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $16.50 ↓ -98%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $16.72 ↓ -98%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $17.99 ↓ -98%

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Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $133.20 $3.15 – $19.55
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $1,104.91 $4.21 – $16.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $124.80 $5.35 – $166.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $133.20 $0.90 – $19.55
UPMC Hamot Erie $424.00 $0.54 – $9.43
UPMC Hanover Hanover $133.20 $8.64 – $13.97
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $340.80 $1.37 – $9.43
UPMC Jameson New Castle $160.80 $0.55 – $10.91

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