Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at Henry Ford St John Hospital
22101 Moross Rd, Detroit, MI · Henry Ford Health · · NPI 1023088168
$1,599.36
Cash price 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.
$2,856.00
Gross charge 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.
$253.97 with MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN vs $2,056.32 with PHCS PPO — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN | 1945_MEDICAID REPLACEMENT MERIDIAN HEALTH OUTPATIENT 20220101 | $253.97 | ↓ -84% |
| BLUE CARE NETWORK | 2054_SJMC BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BCN 20220401 | $267.31 | ↓ -83% |
| BLUE CROSS PPO | 2059_SJMC BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PPO 20220401 | $267.31 | ↓ -83% |
| BLUE CROSS TRADITIONAL | 2058_SJMC BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN TRADITIONAL 20220401 | $267.31 | ↓ -83% |
| MEDICARE PACE | 2278_SJMC SJMA PACE MEDICARE INPATIENT 20251001 | $872.67 | ↓ -45% |
| AMERIHEALTH VIP CARE | 2273_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AMERIHEALTH VIP CARE INPATIENT 20251001 | $909.41 | ↓ -43% |
| AETNA BETTER HEALTH | 2272_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA BETTER HEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 | $918.60 | ↓ -43% |
| HARBOR ADVANTAGE HMO | 2274_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HARBOR ADVANTAGE HMO INPATIENT 20251001 | $918.60 | ↓ -43% |
| TRICARE | 480_TRICARE IP 20170101 | $918.60 | ↓ -43% |
| MEDICARE REPLACEMENT | 2279_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS NETWORK CONNECTED CARE HMO INPATIENT 20251001 | $918.60 | ↓ -43% |
| TRICARE | 2211_TRICARE OP 20250101 | $918.60 | ↓ -43% |
| VETERANS CHOICE | 2283_VETERANS CHOICE IP 20251001 | $918.60 | ↓ -43% |
| HUMANA MCR | 2275_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA INPATIENT 20251001 | $927.79 | ↓ -42% |
| MOLINA HEALTH LINK | 2282_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MOLINA HEALTH LINK INPATIENT 20251001 | $964.53 | ↓ -40% |
| MERIDIAN WELLCARE | 2210_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERIDIAN WELLCARE OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $964.53 | ↓ -40% |
| MERIDIAN WELLCARE | 2280_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERIDIAN WELLCARE INPATIENT 20251001 | $964.53 | ↓ -40% |
| MOLINA ADVANTAGE | 2281_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MOLINA INPATIENT 20251001 | $964.53 | ↓ -40% |
| MCLAREN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HMO | 2276_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MCLAREN INPATIENT 20251001 | $964.53 | ↓ -40% |
| MERIDIAN AMBETTER | 2286_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERIDIAN AMBETTER INPATIENT 20251001 | $1,148.25 | ↓ -28% |
| MOLINA MARKET PLACE | 2287_MOLINA MARKETPLACE INPATIENT 20251001 | $1,148.25 | ↓ -28% |
| SMARTHEALTH | 2284_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 | $1,286.04 | ↓ -20% |
| AAA-AUTO INSURANCE | 2285_AAA-AUTO INSURANCE INPATIENT 20251001 | $1,745.34 | ↑ +9% |
| PPOM | 934_PPOM 20191001 | $1,850.69 | ↑ +16% |
| PHCS POS | 1311_PHCS POS 20201001 | $2,056.32 | ↑ +29% |
| PHCS PPO | 1457_PHCS PPO 20201001 | $2,056.32 | ↑ +29% |
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Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at other Michigan hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Corewell Health Big Rapids | Big Rapids | $1,591.00 | $881.10 – $1,626.70 |
| Corewell Health Gerber | Fremont | $1,591.00 | $881.10 – $881.10 |
| Corewell Health Lakeland Watervliet | Watervliet | $2,009.00 | not published |
| Corewell Health Lakeland St. Joseph | St Joseph | $2,009.00 | $903.72 – $1,355.59 |
| Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital | Grand Rapids | $1,768.00 | $648.43 – $1,626.70 |
| Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital | East Grand Rapids | $1,768.00 | $648.43 – $1,626.70 |
| Corewell Health Reed City | Po Box 75 | $1,591.00 | not published |
| Corewell Health Greenville | Greenville | $1,591.00 | $881.10 – $1,626.70 |