Salivary gland function exam 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

$12.19

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.

$53.00

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.

$15.39 with Univera vs $1,100.73 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 $15.39 ↑ +26%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $15.39 ↑ +26%
Univera Univera Medicare $19.01 ↑ +56%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $20.17 ↑ +65%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $21.34 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $21.34 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $21.34 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $21.34 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $21.34 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $21.34 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $21.34 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $21.34 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $21.34 ↑ +75%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $21.34 ↑ +75%
Univera Univera Commercial $22.27 ↑ +83%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $22.74 ↑ +87%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $22.74 ↑ +87%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $28.59 ↑ +135%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $29.87 ↑ +145%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $31.41 ↑ +158%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $31.41 ↑ +158%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $31.41 ↑ +158%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $31.41 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $31.41 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $36.12 ↑ +196%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $38.08 ↑ +212%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $38.08 ↑ +212%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $39.00 ↑ +220%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $44.85 ↑ +268%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $44.85 ↑ +268%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $44.85 ↑ +268%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $53.82 ↑ +342%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $58.50 ↑ +380%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $62.40 ↑ +412%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $64.35 ↑ +428%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $64.35 ↑ +428%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $84.25 ↑ +591%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $355.64 ↑ +2817%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $355.64 ↑ +2817%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $359.51 ↑ +2849%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $386.57 ↑ +3071%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $386.57 ↑ +3071%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $386.57 ↑ +3071%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $386.57 ↑ +3071%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $386.57 ↑ +3071%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $398.17 ↑ +3166%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $402.03 ↑ +3198%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $402.03 ↑ +3198%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $402.03 ↑ +3198%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $402.03 ↑ +3198%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $402.03 ↑ +3198%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $409.76 ↑ +3261%
Humana Humana Commercial $409.76 ↑ +3261%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $413.63 ↑ +3293%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $413.63 ↑ +3293%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $417.49 ↑ +3325%
Molina Molina Ohio $421.36 ↑ +3357%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $762.43 ↑ +6155%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $822.23 ↑ +6645%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $1,100.73 ↑ +8930%

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