Observation/inpatient hospital care low severity 99234 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

$126.63

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.

$419.00

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.

$56.23 with United Healthcare vs $285.02 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
United Healthcare Medicaid-Behavioral Health-Child-FAC $56.23 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Cross Complete-Adult-FAC $56.23 ↓ -56%
Meridian Medicaid HMO-Child-FAC $56.23 ↓ -56%
Meridian Medicaid HMO-Adult-FAC $56.23 ↓ -56%
McLaren Medicaid HMO-Adult-FAC $56.23 ↓ -56%
McLaren Medicaid HMO-Child-FAC $56.23 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Cross Complete-Child-FAC $56.23 ↓ -56%
HAP HAP Caresource Medicaid-FAC $56.23 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Medicaid-Behavioral Health-Adult-FAC $56.23 ↓ -56%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid HMO-Adult-FAC $57.35 ↓ -55%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid HMO-Child-FAC $57.35 ↓ -55%
Molina Medicaid HMO-Adult-FAC $58.48 ↓ -54%
Molina Medicaid HMO-Child-FAC $58.48 ↓ -54%
Priority Health Medicaid HMO-Child-FAC $59.04 ↓ -53%
Priority Health Medicaid HMO-Adult-FAC $59.04 ↓ -53%
ScriptGuideRX All Products $73.10 ↓ -42%
Humana Military Tricare-NonPhysician-NONFAC $76.15 ↓ -40%
Humana Military Tricare-NonPhysician-FAC $76.15 ↓ -40%
HAP Medicare Advantage HMO/PPO-NonPhysician-FAC $78.00 ↓ -38%
HAP Medicare Advantage HMO/PPO-NonPhysician-NONFAC $78.00 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicare Advantage-NP-FAC $83.60 ↓ -34%
Humana Medicare Advantage-Physician-NONFAC $83.60 ↓ -34%
Humana Medicare Advantage-NP-NONFAC $83.60 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Commercial-Behavioral Health-RN $84.11 ↓ -34%
Pace SE MI Medicare Advantage-FAC $87.17 ↓ -31%
Pace SE MI Medicare Advantage-NONFAC $87.17 ↓ -31%
Humana Military Tricare-Physician-FAC $89.58 ↓ -29%
Humana Military Tricare-Physician-NONFAC $89.58 ↓ -29%
Humana Military Tricare $89.58 ↓ -29%
Amerihealth Caritas Dual Products-NONFAC $89.92 ↓ -29%
Amerihealth Caritas Dual Products-FAC $89.92 ↓ -29%
WellCare Wellcare Meridian Dual Align (HMO D-SNP)-NONFAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare Advantage-FAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare Advantage-NONFAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross BCN Medicare Advantage -FAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross BCN Medicare Advantage -NONFAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Blue Cross Complete-Adult-NONFAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Medicare Plus Blue-FAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Medicare Plus Blue-NONFAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
HAP HAP Dual Products-FAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
HAP HAP Dual Products-NONFAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
HAP Medicare Advantage-FAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
HAP Medicare Advantage-NONFAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
HAP Medicare Advantage-Physician-FAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
HAP Medicare Advantage-Physician-NONFAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
McLaren Medicare Advantage-FAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
McLaren Medicare Advantage-NONFAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
Meridian Ambetter From Meridian-FAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
Meridian Ambetter From Meridian-NONFAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
Molina Dual Product-FAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
Molina Dual Product-NONFAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
Molina Medicare Advantage-FAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
Molina Medicare Advantage-NONFAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
Priority Health Medicare Advantage-FAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
Priority Health Medicare Advantage-NONFAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
Trinity Health Plan Medicare Advantage-FAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
Trinity Health Plan Medicare Advantage-NONFAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage-FAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage-NONFAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Medicare-Behavioral Health-FAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
WellCare Medicare Advantage-FAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
WellCare Medicare Advantage-NONFAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
WellCare Wellcare Meridian Dual Align (HMO D-SNP)-FAC $91.76 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Medicare-Behavioral Health-NONFAC $97.38 ↓ -23%
Humana Medicare Advantage-Physician-FAC $98.35 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Commercial-Behavioral Health-MD $98.95 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Commercial-Behavioral Health-PhD $98.95 ↓ -22%
Vitalcore All Products-NONFAC $119.29 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare All Products-Midlevel $122.85 ↓ -3%
Priority Health All Products $123.71 ↓ -2%
Priority Health Commercial $126.73 ↑ +0%
Aetna All Products-NONFAC $127.55 ↑ +1%
Nomi All Products $128.46 ↑ +1%
Aetna All Products-FAC $128.57 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross GM Connected Care $139.01 ↑ +10%
Priority Health Priority Cigna $142.89 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare All Products-Prof $143.89 ↑ +14%
Blue Cross BCN Commercial-FAC $154.45 ↑ +22%
Blue Cross BCN Commercial-NONFAC $154.45 ↑ +22%
Blue Cross BCBSM Commercial $154.45 ↑ +22%
Blue Cross Blue Cross Complete-Child-NONFAC $167.60 ↑ +32%
HAP HAP HMO_AHL_Fully-Insured $176.02 ↑ +39%
Cofinity All Products $185.33 ↑ +46%
HAP Self-Funded $199.87 ↑ +58%
HAP HAP HMO_AHL_Fully Insured $219.96 ↑ +74%
NFL Cigna All Products $230.45 ↑ +82%
Cofinity Commercial $285.02 ↑ +125%
United Healthcare Commercial-Behavioral Health-MA not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield $126.63 $56.23 – $230.45
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