Ghs nerve block axillary nerve 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

$2,522.00

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.

$2,522.00

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.

$493.94 with Priority Health vs $1,586.33 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
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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 Core Network Hmo/Ppo $493.94 ↓ -80%
Priority Health Tiered Network Hmo/Ppo $493.94 ↓ -80%
Priority Health Narrow Network Exchange $493.94 ↓ -80%
Priority Health Cigna Hmo/Ppo $568.03 ↓ -77%
Bcbs Blue Care Network Medicare Managed Care Plan $881.29 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $925.36 ↓ -63%
Meridian Health Plan Ambetter Exchange $1,586.33 ↓ -37%

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Ghs nerve block axillary nerve at other Michigan hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Corewell Health Big Rapids Big Rapids $2,802.00 $776.29 – $1,586.33
Corewell Health Gerber Fremont $2,802.00 $776.29 – $776.29
Corewell Health Lakeland Watervliet Watervliet $714.00 $890.83 – $1,336.25
Corewell Health Lakeland St. Joseph St Joseph $714.00 $773.67 – $1,321.94
Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids $2,522.00 $493.94 – $1,586.33
Corewell Health Reed City Po Box 75 $2,802.00 not published
Corewell Health Greenville Greenville $2,802.00 $776.29 – $1,586.33
Corewell Health Zeeland Zeeland $2,802.00 $776.29 – $1,586.33

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