Swallowing Therapy Session 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

$334.95

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.

$435.00

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.

$64.09 with Highmark vs $182.97 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 Together Blue $64.09 ↓ -81%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $69.95 ↓ -79%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $69.95 ↓ -79%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $73.53 ↓ -78%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $73.53 ↓ -78%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $74.33 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $76.38 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $76.38 ↓ -77%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $79.92 ↓ -76%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $79.92 ↓ -76%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $79.92 ↓ -76%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $79.92 ↓ -76%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $79.92 ↓ -76%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $82.32 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $83.12 ↓ -75%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $83.12 ↓ -75%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $83.12 ↓ -75%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $83.12 ↓ -75%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $83.12 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $83.92 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $84.72 ↓ -75%
Humana Humana Commercial $84.72 ↓ -75%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $85.51 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $85.51 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $86.31 ↓ -74%
Univera Univera Medicare $87.10 ↓ -74%
Molina Molina Ohio $87.11 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $87.91 ↓ -74%
Univera Univera Commercial $91.78 ↓ -73%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $97.26 ↓ -71%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $97.26 ↓ -71%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $97.26 ↓ -71%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $97.26 ↓ -71%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $97.26 ↓ -71%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $97.26 ↓ -71%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $97.26 ↓ -71%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $97.26 ↓ -71%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $97.26 ↓ -71%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $97.26 ↓ -71%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $123.18 ↓ -63%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $134.63 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $156.94 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $165.47 ↓ -51%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $169.99 ↓ -49%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $182.97 ↓ -45%

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Swallowing Therapy Session at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $199.20 $82.99 – $265.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $362.40 $82.99 – $543.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $384.60 $46.31 – $387.00
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $321.90 $38.71 – $87.11
UPMC Cole Coudersport $272.40 $82.99 – $363.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $384.60 $62.54 – $900.95
UPMC East Monroeville $316.20 $89.57 – $421.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $316.20 $89.57 – $195.96

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