Ultrasound guide tissue ablation 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

$64.86

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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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$282.00

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.

$57.16 with Highmark vs $156.35 with United Healthcare — 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 $57.16 ↓ -12%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $60.91 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $60.91 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $60.91 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $60.91 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $60.91 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $60.91 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $60.91 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $60.91 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $60.91 ↓ -6%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $60.91 ↓ -6%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $66.63 ↑ +3%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $66.63 ↑ +3%
Univera Univera Medicare $82.31 ↑ +27%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $84.89 ↑ +31%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $84.89 ↑ +31%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $92.10 ↑ +42%
Univera Univera Commercial $96.45 ↑ +49%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $106.72 ↑ +65%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $117.23 ↑ +81%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $117.23 ↑ +81%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $117.23 ↑ +81%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $117.23 ↑ +81%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $117.23 ↑ +81%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $148.29 ↑ +129%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $156.35 ↑ +141%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $156.35 ↑ +141%

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Ultrasound guide tissue ablation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,134.00 $116.35 – $1,512.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $649.80 $148.37 – $920.55
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $868.76 $57.16 – $117.23
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $649.80 $216.60 – $920.55
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,108.80 $192.46 – $409.78
UPMC Hanover Hanover $649.80 $322.52 – $322.52
UPMC Lititz Lititz $649.80 $140.02 – $322.52
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,097.40 $154.02 – $308.19

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