Sternal debridement 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

$354.66

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.

$1,542.00

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.

$44.43 with Univera vs $1,372.68 with University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — 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 $44.43 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $44.43 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Medicare $58.18 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera Commercial $65.34 ↓ -82%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $404.25 ↑ +14%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $404.25 ↑ +14%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $508.20 ↑ +43%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $558.25 ↑ +57%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $558.25 ↑ +57%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $558.25 ↑ +57%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $558.25 ↑ +57%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $558.25 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $616.00 ↑ +74%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $625.89 ↑ +76%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $662.08 ↑ +87%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $662.08 ↑ +87%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $662.08 ↑ +87%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $662.08 ↑ +87%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $662.08 ↑ +87%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $662.08 ↑ +87%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $662.08 ↑ +87%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $662.08 ↑ +87%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $662.08 ↑ +87%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $662.08 ↑ +87%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $870.79 ↑ +146%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $982.08 ↑ +177%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,035.40 ↑ +192%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,035.40 ↑ +192%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $1,372.68 ↑ +287%

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Sternal debridement at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $400.92 $404.25 – $870.79

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