Remove part lumbar vertebra 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

$494.96

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

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$2,152.00

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.

$62.96 with Univera vs $19,568.78 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 $62.96 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $62.96 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Medicare $82.71 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $99.44 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $99.44 ↓ -80%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $125.00 ↓ -75%
Univera Univera Commercial $130.37 ↓ -74%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $137.32 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $137.32 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $137.32 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $137.32 ↓ -72%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $137.32 ↓ -72%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $776.00 ↑ +57%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $811.58 ↑ +64%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $858.51 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $858.51 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $858.51 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $858.51 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $858.51 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $858.51 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $858.51 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $858.51 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $858.51 ↑ +73%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $858.51 ↑ +73%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $892.40 ↑ +80%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $892.40 ↑ +80%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $892.40 ↑ +80%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $1,070.88 ↑ +116%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +135%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,232.96 ↑ +149%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +151%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +159%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +159%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,492.84 ↑ +202%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,573.90 ↑ +218%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,573.90 ↑ +218%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $1,646.02 ↑ +233%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $6,322.62 ↑ +1177%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $6,322.62 ↑ +1177%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $6,391.34 ↑ +1191%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $6,872.41 ↑ +1288%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $6,872.41 ↑ +1288%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $6,872.41 ↑ +1288%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $6,872.41 ↑ +1288%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $6,872.41 ↑ +1288%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $7,078.58 ↑ +1330%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $7,147.31 ↑ +1344%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $7,147.31 ↑ +1344%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $7,147.31 ↑ +1344%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $7,147.31 ↑ +1344%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $7,147.31 ↑ +1344%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $7,284.76 ↑ +1372%
Humana Humana Commercial $7,284.76 ↑ +1372%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $7,353.48 ↑ +1386%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $7,353.48 ↑ +1386%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $7,422.20 ↑ +1400%
Molina Molina Ohio $7,490.93 ↑ +1413%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $13,554.46 ↑ +2638%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $14,617.62 ↑ +2853%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $19,568.78 ↑ +3854%

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