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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at Corewell Health Gerber

212 S Sullivan St, Fremont, MI · Corewell Health · · NPI 1063836963

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

$849.00

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.

$849.00

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.

$164.17 with Priority Health vs $242.05 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
Priority Health Narrow Network Exchange $164.17 ↓ -81%
Priority Health Tiered Network Hmo/Ppo $180.70 ↓ -79%
Priority Health Core Network Hmo/Ppo $210.48 ↓ -75%
Priority Health Cigna Hmo/Ppo $242.05 ↓ -71%

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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at other Michigan hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids $942.00 $104.17 – $187.51
Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital East Grand Rapids $942.00 $104.17 – $187.51
Corewell Health Reed City Po Box 75 $849.00 $164.17 – $164.17
Corewell Health Greenville Greenville $849.00 $104.17 – $187.51
Corewell Health Zeeland Zeeland $849.00 $104.17 – $187.51
Corewell Health Gross Pointe Grosse Pointe $930.00 $89.70 – $140.69
Corewell Health Big Rapids Big Rapids $849.00 $104.17 – $187.51
Corewell Health Lakeland Watervliet Watervliet $959.00 $105.30 – $157.95

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