Arthrd ant ntrbd min dsc lum at Corewell Health Farmington Hills

28050 Grand River Avenue, Farmington Hills, MI · Corewell Health · · NPI 1336183367

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 1, 2026 · Ingested Oct 1, 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.

$2,053.73 with Health Alliance Plan vs $36,499.21 with Longevity 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
Health Alliance Plan Varipro Other Commercial Plan $2,053.73 —
Health Alliance Plan AHLIC PPO $2,053.73 —
Health Alliance Plan Exchange $2,053.73 —
Health Alliance Plan HMO $2,053.73 —
BCBS All Commercial Plans $3,432.18 —
BCBS Exchange $3,432.18 —
Amerihealth Three Rivers Medicare Managed Care Plan $25,143.90 —
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $27,036.45 —
Molina Healthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $27,523.10 —
Zing Healthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $29,469.73 —
Align Senior Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $35,147.38 —
Longevity Health Plan of Michigan Medicare Managed Care Plan $36,499.21 —

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Arthrd ant ntrbd min dsc lum at other Michigan hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Corewell Health Lakeland St. Joseph St Joseph not published $19,303.26 – $40,554.67
Henry Ford Providence Novi Hospital Novi not published $1,867.62 – $26,452.07
Henry Ford St John Hospital Detroit not published $2,576.65 – $19,655.02
Henry Ford Rochester Hospital Rochester not published $28,539.76 – $30,622.06
Henry Ford Genesys Hospital Grand Blanc Twp not published $2,120.78 – $27,334.01
Henry Ford River District Hospital China Township not published $2,576.65 – $2,576.65
Henry Ford Madison Heights Hospital Madison Heights not published $2,576.65 – $2,576.65
Henry Ford Warren Hospital Warren not published $2,576.65 – $2,576.65

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