Remove ankle joint lining 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

$399.51

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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$1,737.00

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.

$50.87 with Univera vs $8,887.94 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 $50.87 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $50.87 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Medicare $66.62 ↓ -83%
Univera Univera Commercial $74.81 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $75.26 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $75.26 ↓ -81%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $94.62 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $103.94 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $103.94 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $103.94 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $103.94 ↓ -74%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $103.94 ↓ -74%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $652.79 ↑ +63%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $690.55 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $690.55 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $690.55 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $690.55 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $690.55 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $690.55 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $690.55 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $690.55 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $690.55 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $690.55 ↑ +73%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $776.00 ↑ +94%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $892.40 ↑ +123%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $892.40 ↑ +123%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $892.40 ↑ +123%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $992.54 ↑ +148%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $1,070.88 ↑ +168%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,103.81 ↑ +176%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,163.74 ↑ +191%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,163.74 ↑ +191%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +191%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +211%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +220%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +220%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $2,349.79 ↑ +488%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $2,871.67 ↑ +619%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $2,871.67 ↑ +619%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $2,902.88 ↑ +627%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $3,121.38 ↑ +681%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $3,121.38 ↑ +681%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $3,121.38 ↑ +681%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $3,121.38 ↑ +681%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $3,121.38 ↑ +681%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $3,215.02 ↑ +705%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $3,246.23 ↑ +713%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $3,246.23 ↑ +713%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $3,246.23 ↑ +713%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $3,246.23 ↑ +713%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $3,246.23 ↑ +713%
Humana Humana Commercial $3,308.66 ↑ +728%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $3,308.66 ↑ +728%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $3,339.88 ↑ +736%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $3,339.88 ↑ +736%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $3,371.09 ↑ +744%
Molina Molina Ohio $3,402.30 ↑ +752%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $6,156.30 ↑ +1441%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $6,639.17 ↑ +1562%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $8,887.94 ↑ +2125%

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AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $451.62 $75.26 – $10,356.89
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