Tlso 2 shl symphys-stern cst at Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital

100 Michigan St Ne, Grand Rapids, MI · Corewell Health · · NPI 1922090554

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.

$1,233.68 with Bcbs vs $3,025.80 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
Bcbs Blue Care Network Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,233.68
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,295.36
Priority Health Narrow Network Exchange $1,724.97
Priority Health Tiered Network Hmo/Ppo $2,153.58
Meridian Health Plan Ambetter Exchange $2,220.62
Priority Health Core Network Hmo/Ppo $2,631.13
Priority Health Cigna Hmo/Ppo $3,025.80

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Tlso 2 shl symphys-stern cst at other Michigan hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Henry Ford Hospital Detroit MI 48202 | 19401 Hubbard Dr. $1,702.48 $556.40 – $1,603.78
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield $1,702.48 $556.40 – $1,603.78
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital: Wyandotte $1,702.48 $1,134.99 – $2,455.75
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Clinton Twp $1,702.48 $1,134.99 – $2,125.44
Henry Ford Genesys Hospital Grand Blanc Twp $650.16 $726.42 – $726.42
Corewell Health Lakeland St. Joseph St Joseph not published $1,233.68 – $1,850.52
Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital East Grand Rapids not published $1,233.68 – $2,220.62
Corewell Health Gross Pointe Grosse Pointe not published $668.90 – $1,665.47

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