Tissue culture skin/biopsy 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

$194.21

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.

$947.00

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.

$73.60 with Meridian vs $738.66 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
Meridian Medicaid HMO $73.60 ↓ -62%
McLaren Medicaid HMO $73.60 ↓ -62%
HAP HAP Caresource Medicaid $73.60 ↓ -62%
Priority Health Medicaid HMO $73.60 ↓ -62%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid HMO $75.07 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid HMO $79.49 ↓ -59%
Humana Military Tricare $114.83 ↓ -41%
Pace SE MI Medicare Advantage $133.69 ↓ -31%
HAP HAP Dual Products $140.73 ↓ -28%
HAP Medicare Advantage $140.73 ↓ -28%
McLaren Medicare Advantage $140.73 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare VACCN $140.73 ↓ -28%
WellCare Wellcare Meridian Dual Align (HMO D-SNP) $140.73 ↓ -28%
WellCare Medicare Advantage $140.73 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $140.73 ↓ -28%
Priority Health Dual Premier_HIDE-SNP $140.73 ↓ -28%
Priority Health Medicare Advantage $140.73 ↓ -28%
Trinity Health Plan Medicare Advantage $140.73 ↓ -28%
Molina Dual MI Coordinated Health $140.73 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Medicare Plus Blue $140.73 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross BCN Advantage $140.73 ↓ -28%
Humana Medicare Advantage $142.14 ↓ -27%
Aetna Dual Products $154.80 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross BCBSM GM Connected Care $155.37 ↓ -20%
BCN HMO $160.94 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross BCBSM Commercial $160.94 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross BCN Commercial $160.94 ↓ -17%
HAP Henry Ford Select -HPN commercial $168.88 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare UHC Commercial $168.88 ↓ -13%
Meridian Ambetter From Meridian $189.99 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Baseline Benefit Plan $202.66 ↑ +4%
HAP HAP HMO_AHL_Fully Insured $226.07 ↑ +16%
Nomi All Products $229.39 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial $245.66 ↑ +26%
HAP Self-Funded $259.26 ↑ +33%
Amerihealth Caritas Dual Products $378.80 ↑ +95%
Vitalcore All Products $473.50 ↑ +144%
Priority Health Commercial $494.89 ↑ +155%
Multiplan All Products $625.02 ↑ +222%
Priority Health Priority Cigna $738.19 ↑ +280%
Cofinity Commercial $738.66 ↑ +280%
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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