Procalcitonin at Corewell Health Gross Pointe

468 Cadieux Rd, Grosse Pointe, MI · Corewell Health · · NPI 1932396017

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

$73.00

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.

$73.00

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.

$24.95 with Bcbs vs $50.40 with Health Alliance Plan — 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 All Commercial Plans $24.95 ↓ -66%
Bcbs Exchange $24.95 ↓ -66%
Amerihealth Three Rivers Medicare Managed Care Plan $25.31 ↓ -65%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $25.86 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $27.22 ↓ -63%
Zing Healthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $29.67 ↓ -59%
Molina Healthcare Exchange $35.39 ↓ -52%
Longevity Health Plan Of Michigan Medicare Managed Care Plan $36.75 ↓ -50%
Health Alliance Plan Exchange $50.40 ↓ -31%
Health Alliance Plan Hmo $50.40 ↓ -31%
Health Alliance Plan Ahlic Ppo $50.40 ↓ -31%

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Procalcitonin at other Michigan hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Corewell Health Big Rapids Big Rapids $66.00 $24.50 – $49.00
Corewell Health Gerber Fremont $66.00 $25.86 – $25.86
Corewell Health Lakeland Watervliet Watervliet $120.00 $27.22 – $40.83
Corewell Health Lakeland St. Joseph St Joseph $120.00 $27.22 – $114.74
Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids $66.00 $25.86 – $49.00
Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital East Grand Rapids $66.00 $25.86 – $49.00
Corewell Health Reed City Po Box 75 $66.00 $25.86 – $25.86
Corewell Health Greenville Greenville $66.00 $25.86 – $49.00

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