Procalcitonin 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

$179.41

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.

$233.00

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.

$17.96 with Highmark vs $62.32 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 Managed Care $17.96 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $17.96 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $17.96 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $17.96 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $17.96 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $17.96 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $17.96 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $17.96 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $17.96 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $17.96 ↓ -90%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $17.96 ↓ -90%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $20.96 ↓ -88%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $22.21 ↓ -88%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $22.21 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $22.21 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $22.21 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $23.14 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $23.14 ↓ -87%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $25.04 ↓ -86%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $25.04 ↓ -86%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $25.31 ↓ -86%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $25.54 ↓ -86%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $25.54 ↓ -86%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $25.54 ↓ -86%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $26.12 ↓ -85%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $27.22 ↓ -85%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $27.22 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $27.22 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $27.22 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $27.22 ↓ -85%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $27.22 ↓ -85%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $28.04 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $28.12 ↓ -84%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $28.31 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $28.31 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $28.31 ↓ -84%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $28.31 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $28.31 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera Medicare $28.54 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $28.58 ↓ -84%
Humana Humana Commercial $28.85 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $28.85 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $29.13 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $29.40 ↓ -84%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $29.40 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $29.62 ↓ -83%
Molina Molina Ohio $29.67 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $30.65 ↓ -83%
Univera Univera Commercial $32.72 ↓ -82%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $33.31 ↓ -81%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $35.54 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $35.54 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $35.54 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $35.54 ↓ -80%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $57.90 ↓ -68%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $62.32 ↓ -65%

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Procalcitonin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $105.00 $22.21 – $140.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $303.00 $9.82 – $454.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $138.00 $22.21 – $195.50
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $172.42 $13.19 – $35.54
UPMC Cole Coudersport $122.40 $17.69 – $163.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $138.00 $22.21 – $195.50
UPMC East Monroeville $205.20 $17.25 – $273.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $327.00 $22.21 – $51.60

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