Remove spinal cord lesion 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

$717.83

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.

$3,121.00

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.

$97.02 with Univera vs $5,349.21 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 $97.02 ↓ -86%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $97.02 ↓ -86%
Univera Univera Medicare $117.75 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera Commercial $138.56 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $758.63 ↑ +6%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $758.63 ↑ +6%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $776.00 ↑ +8%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $892.40 ↑ +24%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $892.40 ↑ +24%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $892.40 ↑ +24%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $953.70 ↑ +33%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $1,047.63 ↑ +46%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $1,047.63 ↑ +46%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $1,047.63 ↑ +46%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $1,047.63 ↑ +46%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $1,047.63 ↑ +46%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $1,070.88 ↑ +49%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +62%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +73%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +78%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $1,285.34 ↑ +79%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $1,359.66 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $1,359.66 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $1,359.66 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $1,359.66 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $1,359.66 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $1,359.66 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $1,359.66 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $1,359.66 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $1,359.66 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $1,359.66 ↑ +89%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $1,728.32 ↑ +141%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $1,728.32 ↑ +141%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $1,747.10 ↑ +143%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,763.20 ↑ +146%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $1,878.60 ↑ +162%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $1,878.60 ↑ +162%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $1,878.60 ↑ +162%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $1,878.60 ↑ +162%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $1,878.60 ↑ +162%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $1,934.96 ↑ +170%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $1,953.75 ↑ +172%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $1,953.75 ↑ +172%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $1,953.75 ↑ +172%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $1,953.75 ↑ +172%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $1,953.75 ↑ +172%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $1,991.32 ↑ +177%
Humana Humana Commercial $1,991.32 ↑ +177%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,991.87 ↑ +177%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $2,010.11 ↑ +180%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $2,010.11 ↑ +180%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $2,028.89 ↑ +183%
Molina Molina Ohio $2,047.68 ↑ +185%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $2,100.02 ↑ +193%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $2,100.02 ↑ +193%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $2,473.47 ↑ +245%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $3,705.17 ↑ +416%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $3,995.79 ↑ +457%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $5,349.21 ↑ +645%

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