Creatine - sendout at Henry Ford Hospital

2799 West Grand Blvd, Detroit MI 48202 | 19401 Hubbard Dr., MI · Henry Ford Health · · NPI 1134144801

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

$6.40

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.

$2.43 with Blue Cross vs $16.32 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
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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
Blue Cross Blue Cross Complete $2.43 ↓ -62%
HAP HAP Caresource Medicaid $2.43 ↓ -62%
Meridian Medicaid HMO $2.43 ↓ -62%
Priority Health Medicaid HMO $2.43 ↓ -62%
McLaren Medicaid HMO $2.43 ↓ -62%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid HMO $2.48 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid HMO $2.62 ↓ -59%
Humana Military Tricare $3.79 ↓ -41%
Pace SE MI Medicare Advantage $4.41 ↓ -31%
WellCare Wellcare Meridian Dual Align (HMO D-SNP) $4.64 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $4.64 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross BCN Advantage $4.64 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Medicare Plus Blue $4.64 ↓ -28%
HAP HAP Dual Products $4.64 ↓ -28%
HAP Medicare Advantage $4.64 ↓ -28%
McLaren Medicare Advantage $4.64 ↓ -28%
Molina Dual MI Coordinated Health $4.64 ↓ -28%
Priority Health Dual Premier_HIDE-SNP $4.64 ↓ -28%
Priority Health Medicare Advantage $4.64 ↓ -28%
Trinity Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.64 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare VACCN $4.64 ↓ -28%
WellCare Medicare Advantage $4.64 ↓ -28%
Humana Medicare Advantage $4.69 ↓ -27%
Aetna Dual Products $5.10 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross BCBSM GM Connected Care $5.12 ↓ -20%
HAP Henry Ford Select -HPN commercial $5.57 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare UHC Commercial $5.57 ↓ -13%
Meridian Ambetter From Meridian $6.26 ↓ -2%
Blue Cross BCBSM Commercial $6.47 ↑ +1%
BCN HMO $6.47 ↑ +1%
Blue Cross BCN Commercial $6.47 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Baseline Benefit Plan $6.68 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $8.10 ↑ +27%
Nomi All Products $9.05 ↑ +41%
HAP HAP HMO_AHL_Fully Insured $10.29 ↑ +61%
Cofinity Commercial $13.00 ↑ +103%
HAP Self-Funded $13.80 ↑ +116%
Priority Health Commercial $16.32 ↑ +155%

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Creatine - sendout at other Michigan hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Corewell Health Gross Pointe Grosse Pointe $61.82 $4.25 – $8.72
Corewell Health Taylor Taylor $61.82 $4.32 – $6.26
Corewell Health Trenton Trenton $61.82 $4.29 – $6.26
Corewell Health Troy Troy $61.82 $4.32 – $8.68
Corewell Health Wayne Wayne $61.82 $4.24 – $6.26
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield $6.40 $2.43 – $13.00
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital: Wyandotte $6.40 $2.43 – $13.00
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Clinton Twp $6.40 $2.43 – $11.36

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