Nerve surgery 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

$158.01

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.

$687.00

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.

$37.59 with Aetna vs $952.05 with University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — 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
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $37.59 ↓ -76%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $39.47 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $39.47 ↓ -75%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $43.23 ↓ -73%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $43.23 ↓ -73%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $43.23 ↓ -73%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $49.62 ↓ -69%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $51.87 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $54.51 ↓ -66%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $54.51 ↓ -66%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $54.51 ↓ -66%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $54.51 ↓ -66%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $54.51 ↓ -66%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $56.39 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $60.14 ↓ -62%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $62.02 ↓ -61%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $62.02 ↓ -61%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $197.28 ↑ +25%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $197.28 ↑ +25%
Univera Univera Medicare $239.45 ↑ +52%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $281.11 ↑ +78%
Univera Univera Commercial $281.76 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $297.36 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $297.36 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $297.36 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $297.36 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $297.36 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $297.36 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $297.36 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $297.36 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $297.36 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $297.36 ↑ +88%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $389.45 ↑ +146%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $460.02 ↑ +191%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $485.00 ↑ +207%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $485.00 ↑ +207%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $952.05 ↑ +503%

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