Drain cath image guided peri/retroperitoneal transvag/transrectal at Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital

1840 Wealthy Street SE, East Grand Rapids, MI · Corewell Health · · NPI 1649541343

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published unknown · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$6,268.00

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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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$6,268.00

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.

$933.69 with Priority Health vs $2,962.18 with Meridian Health Plan — 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

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
Priority Health Narrow Network Exchange $933.69 ↓ -85%
Priority Health Tiered Network Hmo/Ppo $1,165.69 ↓ -81%
Priority Health Core Network Hmo/Ppo $1,394.89 ↓ -78%
Priority Health Cigna Hmo/Ppo $1,604.12 ↓ -74%
Bcbs Blue Care Network Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,645.66 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,727.94 ↓ -72%
Meridian Health Plan Ambetter Exchange $2,962.18 ↓ -53%

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Drain cath image guided peri/retroperitoneal transvag/transrectal at other Michigan hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Corewell Health Big Rapids Big Rapids $6,235.00 $1,305.99 – $2,962.18
Corewell Health Gerber Fremont $6,235.00 $1,305.99 – $1,305.99
Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids $6,268.00 $933.69 – $2,962.18
Corewell Health Reed City Po Box 75 $6,235.00 not published
Corewell Health Greenville Greenville $6,235.00 $1,305.99 – $2,962.18
Corewell Health Zeeland Zeeland $6,235.00 $1,305.99 – $2,962.18
Corewell Health Gross Pointe Grosse Pointe $3,036.00 $411.14 – $2,222.60
Corewell Health Taylor Taylor $3,036.00 $413.01 – $2,222.60

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