Puncture spinal lumbar diagnostic 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

$970.61

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.

$1,186.00

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.

$37.49 with United Healthcare vs $1,617.68 with Vitalcore — 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-Adult-FAC $37.49 ↓ -96%
McLaren Medicaid HMO-Child-FAC $37.49 ↓ -96%
McLaren Medicaid HMO-Adult-FAC $37.49 ↓ -96%
Meridian Medicaid HMO-Child-FAC $37.49 ↓ -96%
HAP HAP Caresource Medicaid-FAC $37.49 ↓ -96%
Meridian Medicaid HMO-Adult-FAC $37.49 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Cross Complete-Child-FAC $37.49 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Cross Complete-Adult-FAC $37.49 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicaid-Behavioral Health-Child-FAC $37.49 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid HMO-Child-FAC $38.24 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid HMO-Adult-FAC $38.24 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicaid HMO-Child-FAC $38.99 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicaid HMO-Adult-FAC $38.99 ↓ -96%
Priority Health Medicaid HMO-Child-FAC $39.36 ↓ -96%
Priority Health Medicaid HMO-Adult-FAC $39.36 ↓ -96%
ScriptGuideRX All Products $48.74 ↓ -95%
Humana Military Tricare-NonPhysician-FAC $53.85 ↓ -94%
HAP Medicare Advantage HMO/PPO-NonPhysician-FAC $55.34 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage-NP-FAC $59.12 ↓ -94%
Pace SE MI Medicare Advantage-FAC $61.85 ↓ -94%
Humana Military Tricare $63.35 ↓ -93%
Humana Military Tricare-Physician-FAC $63.35 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth Caritas Dual Products-FAC $63.80 ↓ -93%
Molina Dual Product-FAC $65.10 ↓ -93%
Trinity Health Plan Medicare Advantage-FAC $65.10 ↓ -93%
Priority Health Medicare Advantage-FAC $65.10 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Medicare Plus Blue-FAC $65.10 ↓ -93%
WellCare Medicare Advantage-FAC $65.10 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare-Behavioral Health-FAC $65.10 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicare Advantage-FAC $65.10 ↓ -93%
HAP Medicare Advantage-FAC $65.10 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross BCN Medicare Advantage -FAC $65.10 ↓ -93%
WellCare Wellcare Meridian Dual Align (HMO D-SNP)-FAC $65.10 ↓ -93%
McLaren Medicare Advantage-FAC $65.10 ↓ -93%
Meridian Ambetter From Meridian-FAC $65.10 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage-FAC $65.10 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage-FAC $65.10 ↓ -93%
HAP HAP Dual Products-FAC $65.10 ↓ -93%
HAP Medicare Advantage-Physician-FAC $65.10 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Advantage-Physician-FAC $69.55 ↓ -93%
Nomi All Products $91.14 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross GM Connected Care $92.51 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid HMO-Adult-NONFAC $100.90 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross BCN Commercial-FAC $102.79 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Cross Complete-Child-NONFAC $105.22 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicaid-Behavioral Health-Child-NONFAC $105.22 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Cross Complete-Adult-NONFAC $105.22 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicaid-Behavioral Health-Adult-NONFAC $105.22 ↓ -89%
Meridian Medicaid HMO-Adult-NONFAC $105.22 ↓ -89%
HAP HAP Caresource Medicaid-NONFAC $105.22 ↓ -89%
McLaren Medicaid HMO-Child-NONFAC $105.22 ↓ -89%
McLaren Medicaid HMO-Adult-NONFAC $105.22 ↓ -89%
Meridian Medicaid HMO-Child-NONFAC $105.22 ↓ -89%
Aetna All Products-FAC $106.12 ↓ -89%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid HMO-Child-NONFAC $107.32 ↓ -89%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid HMO-Adult-NONFAC $107.32 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid HMO-Child-NONFAC $109.43 ↓ -89%
Priority Health Medicaid HMO-Child-NONFAC $110.48 ↓ -89%
Priority Health Medicaid HMO-Adult-NONFAC $110.48 ↓ -89%
Priority Health All Products $111.63 ↓ -88%
Humana Military Tricare-NonPhysician-NONFAC $114.95 ↓ -88%
Priority Health Priority Cigna $122.79 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare Advantage-NP-NONFAC $126.19 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare Advantage-Physician-NONFAC $126.19 ↓ -87%
Humana Military Tricare-Physician-NONFAC $135.24 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare All Products-Midlevel $138.94 ↓ -86%
HAP Medicare Advantage HMO/PPO-NonPhysician-NONFAC $142.46 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare-Behavioral Health-NONFAC $146.99 ↓ -85%
Cofinity All Products $148.67 ↓ -85%
Pace SE MI Medicare Advantage-NONFAC $159.22 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Caritas Dual Products-NONFAC $164.25 ↓ -83%
WellCare Wellcare Meridian Dual Align (HMO D-SNP)-NONFAC $167.60 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage-NONFAC $167.60 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross BCN Medicare Advantage -NONFAC $167.60 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Medicare Plus Blue-NONFAC $167.60 ↓ -83%
HAP HAP Dual Products-NONFAC $167.60 ↓ -83%
HAP Medicare Advantage-NONFAC $167.60 ↓ -83%
HAP Medicare Advantage-Physician-NONFAC $167.60 ↓ -83%
McLaren Medicare Advantage-NONFAC $167.60 ↓ -83%
Meridian Ambetter From Meridian-NONFAC $167.60 ↓ -83%
Molina Dual Product-NONFAC $167.60 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicare Advantage-NONFAC $167.60 ↓ -83%
Priority Health Medicare Advantage-NONFAC $167.60 ↓ -83%
Trinity Health Plan Medicare Advantage-NONFAC $167.60 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage-NONFAC $167.60 ↓ -83%
WellCare Medicare Advantage-NONFAC $167.60 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare All Products-Prof $173.85 ↓ -82%
HAP HAP HMO_AHL_Fully-Insured $209.19 ↓ -78%
Aetna All Products-NONFAC $215.71 ↓ -78%
Vitalcore All Products-NONFAC $217.88 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross BCN Commercial-NONFAC $233.28 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross BCBSM Commercial $233.81 ↓ -76%
HAP Self-Funded $237.53 ↓ -76%
Priority Health Medicaid HMO $377.17 ↓ -61%
McLaren Medicaid HMO $377.17 ↓ -61%
Meridian Medicaid HMO $377.17 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Cross Complete $377.17 ↓ -61%
HAP HAP Caresource Medicaid $377.17 ↓ -61%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid HMO $384.71 ↓ -60%
Molina Medicaid HMO $397.25 ↓ -59%
NFL Cigna All Products $616.72 ↓ -36%
Pace SE MI Medicare Advantage $668.18 ↓ -31%
Cigna Transplants Commercial $676.02 ↓ -30%
Amerihealth Caritas Dual Products $689.27 ↓ -29%
HAP HAP Dual Products $703.34 ↓ -28%
Priority Health Dual Premier_HIDE-SNP $703.34 ↓ -28%
Priority Health Medicare Advantage $703.34 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Medicare Plus Blue $703.34 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare VACCN $703.34 ↓ -28%
Trinity Health Plan Medicare Advantage $703.34 ↓ -28%
WellCare Wellcare Meridian Dual Align (HMO D-SNP) $703.34 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross BCN Advantage $703.34 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Erickson Advantage $703.34 ↓ -28%
HAP Medicare Advantage $703.34 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $703.34 ↓ -28%
McLaren Medicare Advantage $703.34 ↓ -28%
Molina Dual MI Coordinated Health $703.34 ↓ -28%
WellCare Medicare Advantage $703.34 ↓ -28%
HAP HAP HMO_AHL_Fully Insured $708.40 ↓ -27%
Humana Medicare Advantage $710.38 ↓ -27%
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care ALL PRODUCTS $711.60 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial $765.92 ↓ -21%
Humana Transplant Med Adv $770.90 ↓ -21%
Aetna Dual Products $773.68 ↓ -20%
Multiplan All Products $794.62 ↓ -18%
HAP Henry Ford Select -HPN commercial $844.01 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Baseline Benefit Plan $844.43 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare UHC Commercial $844.43 ↓ -13%
Meridian Ambetter From Meridian $949.51 ↓ -2%
Cofinity Commercial $1,075.00 ↑ +11%
Priority Health Commercial $1,110.64 ↑ +14%
BCN HMO $1,186.00 ↑ +22%
Blue Cross BCBSM GM Connected Care $1,186.00 ↑ +22%
Blue Cross BCN Commercial $1,186.00 ↑ +22%
Vitalcore All Products $1,617.68 ↑ +67%
United Healthcare Commercial-Behavioral Health-PhD not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial-Behavioral Health-MA not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial-Behavioral Health-RN not published by hospital
Interlink All Products not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial-Behavioral Health-MD not published by hospital
Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Medicaid HMO not published by hospital

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