Release middle ear bone 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

$511.52

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.

$2,224.00

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.

$45.99 with Univera vs $8,883.72 with Medical Mutual — 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
Univera Univera Healthy New York $45.99 ↓ -91%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $45.99 ↓ -91%
Univera Univera Medicare $56.04 ↓ -89%
Univera Univera Commercial $60.13 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $470.40 ↓ -8%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $470.40 ↓ -8%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $591.36 ↑ +16%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $649.60 ↑ +27%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $649.60 ↑ +27%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $649.60 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $649.60 ↑ +27%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $649.60 ↑ +27%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $776.00 ↑ +52%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $862.11 ↑ +69%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $892.40 ↑ +74%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $892.40 ↑ +74%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $892.40 ↑ +74%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $911.97 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $911.97 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $911.97 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $911.97 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $911.97 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $911.97 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $911.97 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $911.97 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $911.97 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $911.97 ↑ +78%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $1,070.88 ↑ +109%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +128%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +143%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,274.22 ↑ +149%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +150%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +150%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,431.42 ↑ +180%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,509.14 ↑ +195%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,509.14 ↑ +195%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $2,574.58 ↑ +403%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $2,870.31 ↑ +461%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $2,870.31 ↑ +461%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $2,901.51 ↑ +467%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $3,119.90 ↑ +510%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $3,119.90 ↑ +510%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $3,119.90 ↑ +510%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $3,119.90 ↑ +510%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $3,119.90 ↑ +510%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $3,213.50 ↑ +528%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $3,244.69 ↑ +534%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $3,244.69 ↑ +534%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $3,244.69 ↑ +534%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $3,244.69 ↑ +534%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $3,244.69 ↑ +534%
Humana Humana Commercial $3,307.09 ↑ +547%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $3,307.09 ↑ +547%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $3,338.29 ↑ +553%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $3,338.29 ↑ +553%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $3,369.49 ↑ +559%
Molina Molina Ohio $3,400.69 ↑ +565%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $6,153.38 ↑ +1103%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $6,636.02 ↑ +1197%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $8,883.72 ↑ +1637%

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