Assay of sialic acid at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital

1 Genesys Pkwy, Grand Blanc Twp, MI · Henry Ford Health · · NPI 1407877723

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 7, 2026

$34.86

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.

$83.00

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.

$7.80 with MEDICAID vs $28.49 with HAP HMO — 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
MEDICAID 649_MI MEDICAID OUTPATIENT 20250101 $7.80 ↓ -78%
GENESEE HEALTH PLAN 648_MEDICAID REPLACEMENT GENESEE HEALTH PLAN OUTPATIENT 20250101 $7.80 ↓ -78%
MEDICAID REPLACEMENT 650_MEDICAID REPLACEMENT HMO OUTPATIENT 20250101 $7.80 ↓ -78%
SMART HEALTH 597_SMARTHEALTH 20210201 $10.95 ↓ -69%
HAP PHP 419_HAP PHP 20200101 $11.01 ↓ -68%
AETNA 636_AETNA 20241001 $12.77 ↓ -63%
BCBS TRUST NONPHO 616_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD TRUST NON PHO 20220401 $12.96 ↓ -63%
BCBS BCN NONPHO 614_BCN NON PHO 20220401 $12.96 ↓ -63%
BCBS TRAD 615_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD TRADITIONAL 20220401 $12.96 ↓ -63%
BCN JVHL (M16) 617_BCN NON PHO 20220401 PPC M16 $12.96 ↓ -63%
VETERAN'S CHOICE 604_VETERAN'S CHOICE INPATIENT 20211001 $13.44 ↓ -61%
VETERAN'S CHOICE 651_VETERAN'S CHOICE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $13.44 ↓ -61%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 657_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT 20251001 $13.44 ↓ -61%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 652_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT 20250101 $13.44 ↓ -61%
MERIDIAN MEDICARE 658_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERIDIAN INPATIENT 20251001 $14.11 ↓ -60%
MERIDIAN MEDICARE 653_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERIDIAN OUTPATIENT 20250101 $14.11 ↓ -60%
CIGNA 638_CIGNA 20241001 $17.85 ↓ -49%
CONSUMERS MUTUAL 576_CONSUMERS MUTUAL INPATIENT 20211001 $18.28 ↓ -48%
COFINITY 583_COFINITY 20211001 $18.32 ↓ -47%
PRIORITY HEALTH 641_PRIORITY HEALTH 20241001 $20.17 ↓ -42%
HAP HMO 655_HAP OUTPATIENT 20250101 $28.49 ↓ -18%

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Assay of sialic acid at other Michigan hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Henry Ford Hospital Detroit MI 48202 | 19401 Hubbard Dr. $18.55 $10.97 – $100.50
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield $18.55 $10.97 – $100.50
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital: Wyandotte $18.55 $10.97 – $29.23
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Clinton Twp $18.55 $10.97 – $21.91
Corewell Health Big Rapids Big Rapids not published $12.10 – $24.19
Corewell Health Gerber Fremont not published $12.77 – $12.77
Corewell Health Lakeland Watervliet Watervliet not published $13.44 – $20.16
Corewell Health Lakeland St. Joseph St Joseph not published $13.44 – $57.57

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