Visual audiometry (vra) 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

$23.69

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.

$103.00

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.

$30.16 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 $30.16 ↑ +27%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $30.16 ↑ +27%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $31.95 ↑ +35%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $34.36 ↑ +45%
Allwell Allwell by Wellcare $34.36 ↑ +45%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $35.39 ↑ +49%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $36.42 ↑ +54%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $36.42 ↑ +54%
Univera Univera Medicare $37.55 ↑ +59%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $37.80 ↑ +60%
Univera Univera Commercial $39.56 ↑ +67%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $47.08 ↑ +99%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $49.81 ↑ +110%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $49.81 ↑ +110%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $49.81 ↑ +110%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $49.81 ↑ +110%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $49.81 ↑ +110%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $49.81 ↑ +110%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $49.81 ↑ +110%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $49.81 ↑ +110%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $49.81 ↑ +110%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $49.81 ↑ +110%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $58.27 ↑ +146%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $69.46 ↑ +193%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $73.23 ↑ +209%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $73.23 ↑ +209%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Commercial $90.02 ↑ +280%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $138.48 ↑ +485%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $138.48 ↑ +485%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $139.98 ↑ +491%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $141.94 ↑ +499%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $141.94 ↑ +499%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare Specialty Plan D-SNP $150.52 ↑ +535%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare HMO $150.52 ↑ +535%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Life Medicare PPO $150.52 ↑ +535%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $156.54 ↑ +561%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $156.54 ↑ +561%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $156.54 ↑ +561%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare $156.54 ↑ +561%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $158.04 ↑ +567%
Humana Humana Commercial $159.55 ↑ +573%
Highmark Wholecare Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured $159.55 ↑ +573%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $161.05 ↑ +580%
Cigna Cigna Medicare $161.05 ↑ +580%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $162.56 ↑ +586%
Molina Molina Ohio $164.06 ↑ +593%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $296.87 ↑ +1153%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $320.15 ↑ +1251%
Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Commercial (Cigna Network) $428.59 ↑ +1709%

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Visual audiometry (vra) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD $26.78 $31.95 – $499.43
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital Lebanon $140.80 $50.00 – $270.46

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