Repair laminectomy defect 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

$213.44

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.

$928.00

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.

$51.19 with Amerihealth vs $640.21 with United Healthcare — 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
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $51.19 ↓ -76%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $51.19 ↓ -76%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $64.35 ↓ -70%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $70.69 ↓ -67%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $70.69 ↓ -67%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $70.69 ↓ -67%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $70.69 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $70.69 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $78.00 ↓ -63%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $259.97 ↑ +22%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $259.97 ↑ +22%
Univera Univera Medicare $315.54 ↑ +48%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $343.26 ↑ +61%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $363.10 ↑ +70%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $363.10 ↑ +70%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $363.10 ↑ +70%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $363.10 ↑ +70%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $363.10 ↑ +70%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $363.10 ↑ +70%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $363.10 ↑ +70%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $363.10 ↑ +70%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $363.10 ↑ +70%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $363.10 ↑ +70%
Univera Univera Commercial $371.30 ↑ +74%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $523.60 ↑ +145%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $607.24 ↑ +185%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $640.21 ↑ +200%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $640.21 ↑ +200%

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Repair laminectomy defect at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $241.28 $51.19 – $523.60

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