Aortic dysfunction/dilation at Corewell Health Big Rapids

605 Oak Street, Big Rapids, MI · Corewell Health · · NPI 1316945991

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published unknown · Ingested Aug 12, 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.

$1,215.17 with Bcbs vs $2,430.34 with Meridian Health Plan — 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
Bcbs Blue Care Network Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,215.17
Aetna Existing Business All Commercial Plans $1,282.68
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,417.70
Cofinity All Commercial Plans $1,475.08
Meridian Health Plan Ambetter Exchange $2,430.34

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Aortic dysfunction/dilation at other Michigan hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Henry Ford Hospital Detroit MI 48202 | 19401 Hubbard Dr. $1,863.26 $1,101.68 – $3,659.01
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield $1,863.26 $1,101.68 – $2,916.41
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital: Wyandotte $1,863.26 $1,101.68 – $2,916.41
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Clinton Twp $1,863.26 $1,101.68 – $2,916.41
Henry Ford St John Hospital Detroit $1,130.08 $312.33 – $1,634.58
Henry Ford River District Hospital China Township $1,036.56 $312.33 – $1,499.31
Henry Ford Warren Hospital Warren $1,130.08 $312.33 – $1,634.58
Corewell Health Gerber Fremont not published $1,282.68 – $1,282.68

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