Remove cranial cavity fluid 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

$70.38

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.

$306.00

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.

$86.21 with Univera vs $1,897.02 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 $86.21 ↑ +22%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $86.21 ↑ +22%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $97.50 ↑ +39%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $97.50 ↑ +39%
Univera Univera Medicare $104.63 ↑ +49%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $122.58 ↑ +74%
Univera Univera Commercial $123.13 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $125.58 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $132.84 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $132.84 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $132.84 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $132.84 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $132.84 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $132.84 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $132.84 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $132.84 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $132.84 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $132.84 ↑ +89%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $134.65 ↑ +91%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $134.65 ↑ +91%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $134.65 ↑ +91%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $134.65 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $134.65 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $148.58 ↑ +111%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $172.32 ↑ +145%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $195.54 ↑ +178%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $206.15 ↑ +193%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $206.15 ↑ +193%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $291.64 ↑ +314%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $612.92 ↑ +771%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $612.92 ↑ +771%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $619.58 ↑ +780%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $666.22 ↑ +847%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $666.22 ↑ +847%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $666.22 ↑ +847%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $666.22 ↑ +847%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $666.22 ↑ +847%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $686.20 ↑ +875%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $692.87 ↑ +884%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $692.87 ↑ +884%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $692.87 ↑ +884%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $692.87 ↑ +884%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $692.87 ↑ +884%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $706.19 ↑ +903%
Humana Humana Commercial $706.19 ↑ +903%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $712.85 ↑ +913%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $712.85 ↑ +913%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $719.52 ↑ +922%
Molina Molina Ohio $726.18 ↑ +932%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $1,313.98 ↑ +1767%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $1,417.05 ↑ +1913%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $1,897.02 ↑ +2595%

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