Single energy x-ray study 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

$7.13

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.

$31.00

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.

$8.85 with Univera vs $291.30 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 $8.85 ↑ +24%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $8.85 ↑ +24%
Univera Univera Medicare $9.58 ↑ +34%
Univera Univera Commercial $11.68 ↑ +64%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $12.22 ↑ +71%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $12.93 ↑ +81%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $12.93 ↑ +81%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $12.93 ↑ +81%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $12.93 ↑ +81%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $12.93 ↑ +81%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $12.93 ↑ +81%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $12.93 ↑ +81%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $12.93 ↑ +81%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $12.93 ↑ +81%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $12.93 ↑ +81%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $20.45 ↑ +187%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $21.56 ↑ +202%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $21.56 ↑ +202%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $94.12 ↑ +1220%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $94.12 ↑ +1220%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $95.14 ↑ +1234%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $102.30 ↑ +1335%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $102.30 ↑ +1335%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $102.30 ↑ +1335%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $102.30 ↑ +1335%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $102.30 ↑ +1335%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $104.32 ↑ +1363%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $104.32 ↑ +1363%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $105.37 ↑ +1378%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $106.39 ↑ +1392%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $106.39 ↑ +1392%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $106.39 ↑ +1392%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $106.39 ↑ +1392%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $106.39 ↑ +1392%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $107.42 ↑ +1407%
Humana Humana Commercial $108.44 ↑ +1421%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $108.44 ↑ +1421%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $109.46 ↑ +1435%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $109.46 ↑ +1435%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $110.49 ↑ +1450%
Molina Molina Ohio $111.51 ↑ +1464%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $201.77 ↑ +2730%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $217.59 ↑ +2952%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $238.51 ↑ +3245%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $291.30 ↑ +3986%

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Single energy x-ray study at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $8.06 $12.22 – $339.44

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