Mycobacteria dna quant 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

$29.44

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.

$128.00

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.

$28.27 with Highmark vs $98.08 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 Blue Access $28.27 ↓ -4%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $28.27 ↓ -4%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $28.27 ↓ -4%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $28.27 ↓ -4%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $28.27 ↓ -4%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $28.27 ↓ -4%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $28.27 ↓ -4%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $28.27 ↓ -4%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $28.27 ↓ -4%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $28.27 ↓ -4%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $28.27 ↓ -4%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $32.99 ↑ +12%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $36.41 ↑ +24%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $36.41 ↑ +24%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $39.41 ↑ +34%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $39.41 ↑ +34%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $39.84 ↑ +35%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $41.23 ↑ +40%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $41.81 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $41.81 ↑ +42%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $42.84 ↑ +46%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $42.84 ↑ +46%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $42.84 ↑ +46%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $42.84 ↑ +46%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $42.84 ↑ +46%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $42.84 ↑ +46%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $44.13 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $44.25 ↑ +50%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $44.55 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $44.55 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $44.55 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $44.55 ↑ +51%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $44.55 ↑ +51%
Univera Univera Medicare $44.91 ↑ +53%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $44.98 ↑ +53%
Humana Humana Commercial $45.41 ↑ +54%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $45.41 ↑ +54%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $45.84 ↑ +56%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $46.27 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $46.27 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $46.61 ↑ +58%
Molina Molina Ohio $46.70 ↑ +59%
Univera Univera Commercial $51.49 ↑ +75%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $91.12 ↑ +210%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $98.08 ↑ +233%

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