Scr c/v cyto, autosys, rescr 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

$22.08

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.

$96.00

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.

$21.08 with Highmark vs $73.12 with Highmark — 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
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $21.08 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $21.08 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $21.08 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $21.08 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $21.08 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $21.08 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $21.08 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $21.08 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $21.08 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $21.08 ↓ -5%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $21.08 ↓ -5%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $24.59 ↑ +11%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $27.15 ↑ +23%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $27.15 ↑ +23%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $29.38 ↑ +33%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $29.38 ↑ +33%
Univera Univera Medicare $29.38 ↑ +33%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $29.70 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $31.17 ↑ +41%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $31.17 ↑ +41%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $31.94 ↑ +45%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $31.94 ↑ +45%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $31.94 ↑ +45%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $31.94 ↑ +45%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $31.94 ↑ +45%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $31.94 ↑ +45%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $32.90 ↑ +49%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $32.99 ↑ +49%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $33.22 ↑ +50%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $33.22 ↑ +50%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $33.22 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $33.22 ↑ +50%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $33.22 ↑ +50%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $33.54 ↑ +52%
Humana Humana Commercial $33.86 ↑ +53%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $33.86 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $34.18 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $34.50 ↑ +56%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $34.50 ↑ +56%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $34.50 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $34.75 ↑ +57%
Molina Molina Ohio $34.81 ↑ +58%
Univera Univera Commercial $35.84 ↑ +62%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $67.94 ↑ +208%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $73.12 ↑ +231%

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