Tobramycin comp unit 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

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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.

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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.

$20.88 with United Healthcare vs $120.40 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
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $20.88 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $22.10 —
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $22.10 —
Cigna Cigna Commercial $49.22 —
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $120.40 —
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $120.40 —
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $120.40 —
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $120.40 —
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $120.40 —
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $120.40 —
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $120.40 —
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $120.40 —
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $120.40 —
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $120.40 —
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $120.40 —

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Tobramycin comp unit at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $644.00 $1.47 – $644.00
UPMC East Monroeville $662.40 $1.47 – $662.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $662.40 $1.47 – $159.57
UPMC Jameson New Castle $820.00 $49.44 – $122.95
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,426.80 $1.62 – $121.97
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $662.40 $1.62 – $121.97
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $662.40 $1.69 – $120.82
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,426.80 $1.55 – $121.97

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