Plc pq device breast ea addl lesion MRI guide 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

$40.48

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.

$176.00

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.

$6.34 with Amerihealth vs $126.05 with United Healthcare — 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
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $6.34 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $6.34 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $50.58 ↑ +25%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $50.58 ↑ +25%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $50.82 ↑ +26%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $53.36 ↑ +32%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $53.36 ↑ +32%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $54.49 ↑ +35%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $58.44 ↑ +44%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $58.44 ↑ +44%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $58.44 ↑ +44%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $58.59 ↑ +45%
Allwell Allwell by Wellcare $58.59 ↑ +45%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $60.35 ↑ +49%
Univera Univera Medicare $61.41 ↑ +52%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $62.11 ↑ +53%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $62.11 ↑ +53%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $64.45 ↑ +59%
Univera Univera Commercial $66.72 ↑ +65%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $67.08 ↑ +66%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $70.09 ↑ +73%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $70.13 ↑ +73%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $73.69 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $73.69 ↑ +82%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $73.69 ↑ +82%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $73.69 ↑ +82%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $73.69 ↑ +82%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $74.14 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $74.14 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $74.14 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $74.14 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $74.14 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $74.14 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $74.14 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $74.14 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $74.14 ↑ +83%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $74.14 ↑ +83%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $76.23 ↑ +88%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $81.31 ↑ +101%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $98.76 ↑ +144%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $119.56 ↑ +195%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $126.05 ↑ +211%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $126.05 ↑ +211%

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Plc pq device breast ea addl lesion MRI guide at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,704.60 $64.54 – $9,539.00
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $1,483.70 $6.34 – $98.76
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,704.60 $66.57 – $2,414.85
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,289.20 $55.90 – $906.35
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,704.60 $64.54 – $948.51
UPMC Lititz Lititz $1,704.60 $55.11 – $948.51
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $3,987.60 $55.90 – $906.35
UPMC Memorial York $1,704.60 $55.11 – $948.51

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