Herpes simplex virus isolation 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

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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.

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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.

$32.17 with Aetna vs $145.85 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.

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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
Aetna Existing Business All Commercial Plans $32.17
Bcbs Blue Care Network Medicare Managed Care Plan $33.86
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $35.55
Meridian Health Plan Ambetter Exchange $60.95
Priority Health Narrow Network Exchange $83.15
Priority Health Tiered Network Hmo/Ppo $103.81
Priority Health Core Network Hmo/Ppo $126.83
Priority Health Cigna Hmo/Ppo $145.85

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Herpes simplex virus isolation at other Michigan hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Henry Ford Hospital Detroit MI 48202 | 19401 Hubbard Dr. $46.73 $17.71 – $152.76
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield $46.73 $17.71 – $152.76
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital: Wyandotte $46.73 $17.71 – $152.76
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Clinton Twp $46.73 $17.71 – $161.20
Henry Ford St John Hospital Detroit $39.76 $27.59 – $64.33
Henry Ford Rochester Hospital Rochester $23.97 $18.28 – $64.33
Henry Ford River District Hospital China Township $40.32 $32.17 – $64.33
Henry Ford Warren Hospital Warren $43.68 $32.17 – $64.33

All Michigan hospitals for this procedure →