Nushield 1 square cm 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

$0.77

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.

$1.00

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.

$93.93 with Cigna vs $749.95 with Pennsylvania Health and Wellness — 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
Cigna Cigna Commercial $93.93 ↑ +12099%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $107.69 ↑ +13886%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $115.39 ↑ +14886%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $115.39 ↑ +14886%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $115.39 ↑ +14886%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $115.39 ↑ +14886%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $115.39 ↑ +14886%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $115.39 ↑ +14886%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $115.39 ↑ +14886%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $115.39 ↑ +14886%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $115.39 ↑ +14886%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $115.39 ↑ +14886%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $122.58 ↑ +15819%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $129.72 ↑ +16747%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $129.72 ↑ +16747%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $500.00 ↑ +64835%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $530.00 ↑ +68731%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $530.00 ↑ +68731%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $749.95 ↑ +97296%

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Nushield 1 square cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $907.20 $56.69 – $416.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $951.60 $95.95 – $454.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $171.60 $79.28 – $2,784.38
UPMC Hamot Erie $321.60 $56.69 – $1,758.06
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,812.60 $113.70 – $144.49
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,889.00 $57.23 – $3,424.78
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,269.60 $57.23 – $3,424.78
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $3,704.80 $2,784.38 – $3,062.82

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