Dch validity tests 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

$4.80

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.

$18.00

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.

$1.82 with Priority Health vs $14.04 with Cofinity — 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
Priority Health Medicaid HMO $1.82 ↓ -62%
HAP HAP Caresource Medicaid $1.82 ↓ -62%
Meridian Medicaid HMO $1.82 ↓ -62%
McLaren Medicaid HMO $1.82 ↓ -62%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid HMO $1.86 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid HMO $1.97 ↓ -59%
Humana Military Tricare $2.84 ↓ -41%
Pace SE MI Medicare Advantage $3.31 ↓ -31%
WellCare Wellcare Meridian Dual Align (HMO D-SNP) $3.48 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3.48 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross BCN Advantage $3.48 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Medicare Plus Blue $3.48 ↓ -28%
HAP HAP Dual Products $3.48 ↓ -28%
HAP Medicare Advantage $3.48 ↓ -28%
McLaren Medicare Advantage $3.48 ↓ -28%
Molina Dual MI Coordinated Health $3.48 ↓ -28%
Priority Health Dual Premier_HIDE-SNP $3.48 ↓ -28%
Priority Health Medicare Advantage $3.48 ↓ -28%
Trinity Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3.48 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare VACCN $3.48 ↓ -28%
WellCare Medicare Advantage $3.48 ↓ -28%
Humana Medicare Advantage $3.51 ↓ -27%
Aetna Dual Products $3.83 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross BCBSM GM Connected Care $3.84 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross BCN Commercial $3.98 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross BCBSM Commercial $3.98 ↓ -17%
BCN HMO $3.98 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare UHC Commercial $4.18 ↓ -13%
HAP Henry Ford Select -HPN commercial $4.18 ↓ -13%
Meridian Ambetter From Meridian $4.70 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Baseline Benefit Plan $5.02 ↑ +5%
HAP HAP HMO_AHL_Fully Insured $5.24 ↑ +9%
Nomi All Products $5.67 ↑ +18%
HAP Self-Funded $6.01 ↑ +25%
Aetna Commercial $6.08 ↑ +27%
Amerihealth Caritas Dual Products $7.20 ↑ +50%
Vitalcore All Products $9.00 ↑ +88%
Multiplan All Products $11.88 ↑ +148%
Priority Health Commercial $12.22 ↑ +155%
Priority Health Priority Cigna $14.03 ↑ +192%
Cofinity Commercial $14.04 ↑ +193%
ScriptGuideRX All Products not published by hospital
Carelon Behavioral Health Behavioral Health not published by hospital
Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Medicaid HMO not published by hospital

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Corewell Health Big Rapids Big Rapids $32.00 $2.93 – $6.26
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