Sigmoidoscopy w/ablation 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

$102.12

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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$444.00

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.

$129.18 with Univera vs $3,229.85 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 $129.18 ↑ +26%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $129.18 ↑ +26%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $137.59 ↑ +35%
Allwell Allwell by Wellcare $147.95 ↑ +45%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $147.95 ↑ +45%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $150.61 ↑ +47%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $150.61 ↑ +47%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $152.39 ↑ +49%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $156.83 ↑ +54%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $156.83 ↑ +54%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $162.75 ↑ +59%
Univera Univera Medicare $177.35 ↑ +74%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $189.34 ↑ +85%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $191.69 ↑ +88%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $202.77 ↑ +99%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $202.77 ↑ +99%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $202.77 ↑ +99%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $202.77 ↑ +99%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $202.77 ↑ +99%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $202.77 ↑ +99%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $202.77 ↑ +99%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $202.77 ↑ +99%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $202.77 ↑ +99%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $202.77 ↑ +99%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $207.99 ↑ +104%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $207.99 ↑ +104%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $207.99 ↑ +104%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $207.99 ↑ +104%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $207.99 ↑ +104%
Univera Univera Commercial $231.01 ↑ +126%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $252.44 ↑ +147%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $294.00 ↑ +188%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $309.96 ↑ +204%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $309.96 ↑ +204%
Aetna Aetna Better Health CHIP $776.00 ↑ +660%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid HC $892.40 ↑ +774%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Kids $892.40 ↑ +774%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for You Medicaid CHC $892.40 ↑ +774%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $1,043.55 ↑ +922%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $1,043.55 ↑ +922%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $1,054.90 ↑ +933%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicaid HC $1,070.88 ↑ +949%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $1,134.30 ↑ +1011%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $1,134.30 ↑ +1011%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $1,134.30 ↑ +1011%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $1,164.00 ↑ +1040%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $1,179.67 ↑ +1055%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $1,179.67 ↑ +1055%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $1,179.67 ↑ +1055%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $1,179.67 ↑ +1055%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $1,202.36 ↑ +1077%
Humana Humana Commercial $1,202.36 ↑ +1077%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $1,213.70 ↑ +1089%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $1,213.70 ↑ +1089%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $1,225.04 ↑ +1100%
Molina Molina Ohio $1,236.39 ↑ +1111%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,241.60 ↑ +1116%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $1,280.40 ↑ +1154%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $1,280.40 ↑ +1154%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $2,237.18 ↑ +2091%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $2,412.65 ↑ +2263%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $3,229.85 ↑ +3063%

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Sigmoidoscopy w/ablation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,459.20 $218.58 – $1,945.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,296.60 $405.58 – $1,944.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $420.00 $194.04 – $771.51
UPMC East Monroeville $2,281.20 $220.66 – $3,041.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,279.40 $218.58 – $1,634.95
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $2,539.80 $425.23 – $1,214.04
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $2,791.20 $220.66 – $1,236.52
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,959.80 $220.66 – $1,236.52

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