Temperature gradient studies 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

$5.29

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.

$23.00

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.

$1.12 with Univera vs $428.59 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 $1.12 ↓ -79%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $1.12 ↓ -79%
Univera Univera Medicare $1.49 ↓ -72%
Univera Univera Commercial $1.89 ↓ -64%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $2.16 ↓ -59%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $7.98 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $8.44 ↑ +60%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $8.44 ↑ +60%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $8.44 ↑ +60%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $8.44 ↑ +60%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $8.44 ↑ +60%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $8.44 ↑ +60%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $8.44 ↑ +60%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $8.44 ↑ +60%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $8.44 ↑ +60%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $8.44 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $14.71 ↑ +178%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $15.51 ↑ +193%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $15.51 ↑ +193%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $15.51 ↑ +193%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $138.48 ↑ +2518%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $138.48 ↑ +2518%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $139.98 ↑ +2546%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $141.94 ↑ +2583%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $141.94 ↑ +2583%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $150.52 ↑ +2745%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $150.52 ↑ +2745%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $150.52 ↑ +2745%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $150.52 ↑ +2745%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $150.52 ↑ +2745%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $155.03 ↑ +2831%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $156.54 ↑ +2859%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $156.54 ↑ +2859%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $156.54 ↑ +2859%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $156.54 ↑ +2859%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $156.54 ↑ +2859%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $158.04 ↑ +2888%
Humana Humana Commercial $159.55 ↑ +2916%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $159.55 ↑ +2916%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $161.05 ↑ +2944%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $161.05 ↑ +2944%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $162.56 ↑ +2973%
Molina Molina Ohio $164.06 ↑ +3001%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $296.87 ↑ +5512%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $320.15 ↑ +5952%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $428.59 ↑ +8002%

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