Brachy source yttrium-90 at Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital
1840 Wealthy Street SE, East Grand Rapids, MI · Corewell Health · · NPI 1649541343
$54,553.30
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.
$54,553.30
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.
$17,771.01 with Bcbs vs $51,830.86 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.
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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| Bcbs | Blue Care Network Medicare Managed Care Plan | $17,771.01 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $18,659.56 | ↓ -66% |
| Priority Health | Narrow Network Exchange | $29,548.10 | ↓ -46% |
| Meridian Health Plan | Ambetter Exchange | $31,987.82 | ↓ -41% |
| Priority Health | Tiered Network Hmo/Ppo | $36,890.05 | ↓ -32% |
| Priority Health | Core Network Hmo/Ppo | $45,070.31 | ↓ -17% |
| Priority Health | Cigna Hmo/Ppo | $51,830.86 | ↓ -5% |
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Brachy source yttrium-90 at other Michigan hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital | Grand Rapids | $54,553.30 | $17,771.01 – $31,987.82 |
| Corewell Health Gross Pointe | Grosse Pointe | $54,786.06 | not published |
| Corewell Health Taylor | Taylor | $54,786.06 | not published |
| Corewell Health Trenton | Trenton | $54,786.06 | not published |
| Corewell Health Troy | Troy | $54,786.06 | $16,527.04 – $23,990.86 |
| Corewell Health Wayne | Wayne | $54,786.06 | not published |
| Henry Ford Hospital | Detroit MI 48202 | 19401 Hubbard Dr. | $23,917.76 | $9,064.48 – $46,968.93 |
| Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital | West Bloomfield | $23,917.76 | $9,064.48 – $39,862.93 |