Remove part of neck 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

$618.93

Cash price

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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.

$2,691.00

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.

$76.58 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 Essential Plan $76.58 ↓ -88%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $76.58 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $99.44 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $99.44 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera Medicare $100.59 ↓ -84%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $125.00 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $137.32 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $137.32 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $137.32 ↓ -78%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $137.32 ↓ -78%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $137.32 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $151.52 ↓ -76%
Univera Univera Commercial $158.56 ↓ -74%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $1,006.48 ↑ +63%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $1,064.68 ↑ +72%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $1,064.68 ↑ +72%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $1,064.68 ↑ +72%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $1,064.68 ↑ +72%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $1,064.68 ↑ +72%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $1,064.68 ↑ +72%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $1,064.68 ↑ +72%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $1,064.68 ↑ +72%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $1,064.68 ↑ +72%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $1,064.68 ↑ +72%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,517.87 ↑ +145%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,556.07 ↑ +151%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,640.56 ↑ +165%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,640.56 ↑ +165%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $2,041.66 ↑ +230%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $6,322.62 ↑ +922%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $6,322.62 ↑ +922%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $6,391.34 ↑ +933%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $6,872.41 ↑ +1010%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $6,872.41 ↑ +1010%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $6,872.41 ↑ +1010%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $6,872.41 ↑ +1010%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $6,872.41 ↑ +1010%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $7,078.58 ↑ +1044%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $7,147.31 ↑ +1055%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $7,147.31 ↑ +1055%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $7,147.31 ↑ +1055%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $7,147.31 ↑ +1055%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $7,147.31 ↑ +1055%
Humana Humana Commercial $7,284.76 ↑ +1077%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $7,284.76 ↑ +1077%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $7,353.48 ↑ +1088%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $7,353.48 ↑ +1088%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $7,422.20 ↑ +1099%
Molina Molina Ohio $7,490.93 ↑ +1110%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $13,554.46 ↑ +2090%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $14,617.62 ↑ +2262%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $19,568.78 ↑ +3062%

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Remove part of neck vertebra at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $699.66 $99.44 – $22,803.00
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $836.96 – $9,905.66

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