Assay of sialic acid at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital

15855 19 Mile Rd, Clinton Twp, MI · Henry Ford Health · · NPI 1023114634

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 28, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$18.55

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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.

$10.97 with Humana Military vs $47.26 with Priority Health — 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

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
Humana Military Tricare $10.97 ↓ -41%
Pace SE MI Medicare Advantage $12.77 ↓ -31%
WellCare Wellcare Meridian Dual Align (HMO D-SNP) $13.44 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $13.44 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross BCN Advantage $13.44 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Medicare Plus Blue $13.44 ↓ -28%
HAP HAP Dual Products $13.44 ↓ -28%
HAP Medicare Advantage $13.44 ↓ -28%
McLaren Medicare Advantage $13.44 ↓ -28%
Molina Dual MI Coordinated Health $13.44 ↓ -28%
Priority Health Dual Premier_HIDE-SNP $13.44 ↓ -28%
Priority Health Medicare Advantage $13.44 ↓ -28%
Trinity Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.44 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare VACCN $13.44 ↓ -28%
WellCare Medicare Advantage $13.44 ↓ -28%
Humana Medicare Advantage $13.57 ↓ -27%
Aetna Dual Products $14.78 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross BCBSM GM Connected Care $14.84 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross BCBSM Commercial $15.37 ↓ -17%
BCN HMO $15.37 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross BCN Commercial $15.37 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare UHC Commercial $16.13 ↓ -13%
HAP Henry Ford Select -HPN commercial $16.13 ↓ -13%
Meridian Ambetter From Meridian $18.14 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Baseline Benefit Plan $19.36 ↑ +4%
Nomi All Products $21.91 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial $23.46 ↑ +26%
HAP HAP HMO_AHL_Fully Insured $27.55 ↑ +49%
HAP Self-Funded $31.60 ↑ +70%
Priority Health Commercial $47.26 ↑ +155%

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Assay of sialic acid at other Michigan hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Henry Ford Hospital Detroit MI 48202 | 19401 Hubbard Dr. $18.55 $10.97 – $100.50
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield $18.55 $10.97 – $100.50
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital: Wyandotte $18.55 $10.97 – $29.23
Henry Ford Genesys Hospital Grand Blanc Twp $34.86 $7.80 – $28.49
Corewell Health Big Rapids Big Rapids not published $12.10 – $24.19
Corewell Health Gerber Fremont not published $12.77 – $12.77
Corewell Health Lakeland Watervliet Watervliet not published $13.44 – $20.16
Corewell Health Lakeland St. Joseph St Joseph not published $13.44 – $57.57

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