Tongue suspension 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

$423.43

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.

$1,841.00

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.

$54.12 with Univera vs $16,204.73 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 Essential Plan $54.12 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $54.12 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Medicare $67.93 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera Commercial $79.59 ↓ -81%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $711.15 ↑ +68%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $752.27 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $752.27 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $752.27 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $752.27 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $752.27 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $752.27 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $752.27 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $752.27 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $752.27 ↑ +78%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $752.27 ↑ +78%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $1,046.20 ↑ +147%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $1,178.29 ↑ +178%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $1,242.26 ↑ +193%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $1,242.26 ↑ +193%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $5,211.52 ↑ +1131%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $5,211.52 ↑ +1131%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $5,235.70 ↑ +1136%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $5,235.70 ↑ +1136%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $5,292.61 ↑ +1150%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $5,690.98 ↑ +1244%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $5,690.98 ↑ +1244%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $5,690.98 ↑ +1244%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $5,690.98 ↑ +1244%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $5,690.98 ↑ +1244%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $5,861.71 ↑ +1284%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $5,918.62 ↑ +1298%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $5,918.62 ↑ +1298%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $5,918.62 ↑ +1298%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $5,918.62 ↑ +1298%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $5,918.62 ↑ +1298%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $5,975.53 ↑ +1311%
Humana Humana Commercial $6,032.44 ↑ +1325%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $6,032.44 ↑ +1325%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $6,089.35 ↑ +1338%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $6,089.35 ↑ +1338%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $6,146.26 ↑ +1352%
Molina Molina Ohio $6,203.17 ↑ +1365%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $11,224.33 ↑ +2551%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $12,104.72 ↑ +2759%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $16,204.73 ↑ +3727%

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