MRA spinal canal 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

$54.74

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.

$238.00

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.

$69.98 with Univera vs $622.54 with Amerihealth — 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 $69.98 ↑ +28%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $69.98 ↑ +28%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $82.80 ↑ +51%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $82.80 ↑ +51%
Univera Univera Medicare $86.44 ↑ +58%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $98.68 ↑ +80%
Univera Univera Commercial $101.29 ↑ +85%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $104.10 ↑ +90%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $104.39 ↑ +91%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $104.39 ↑ +91%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $104.39 ↑ +91%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $104.39 ↑ +91%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $104.39 ↑ +91%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $104.39 ↑ +91%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $104.39 ↑ +91%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $104.39 ↑ +91%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $104.39 ↑ +91%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $104.39 ↑ +91%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $114.35 ↑ +109%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $114.35 ↑ +109%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $114.35 ↑ +109%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $114.35 ↑ +109%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $114.35 ↑ +109%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $135.96 ↑ +148%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $163.79 ↑ +199%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $172.68 ↑ +215%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $172.68 ↑ +215%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $299.56 ↑ +447%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $377.30 ↑ +589%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $433.90 ↑ +693%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $433.90 ↑ +693%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $433.90 ↑ +693%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $520.67 ↑ +851%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $565.95 ↑ +934%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $603.68 ↑ +1003%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $622.54 ↑ +1037%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $622.54 ↑ +1037%

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MRA spinal canal at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $4,752.28 $82.80 – $520.67
UPMC Kane Kane $4,383.00 $501.78 – $1,128.33

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