ER Visit (level 1, minor) at Henry Ford Madison Heights Hospital
27351 Dequindre Rd, Madison Heights, MI · Henry Ford Health · · NPI 1215139233
$174.16
Cash price 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.
$311.00
Gross charge 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.
$23.34 with HAP HMO vs $223.92 with AETNA PPO — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| HAP HMO | 2166_HEALTH ALLIANCE HMO 20241001 | $23.34 | ↓ -87% |
| AHLIC | 2163_AHLIC 20241001 | $23.34 | ↓ -87% |
| HAP PREFERRED | 2171_HAP PREFERRED (PHP) 20241001 | $23.34 | ↓ -87% |
| HAP HMO | 2174_SJMA HEALTH ALLIANCE HMO 20241001 | $23.34 | ↓ -87% |
| MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN | 1945_MEDICAID REPLACEMENT MERIDIAN HEALTH OUTPATIENT 20220101 | $31.19 | ↓ -82% |
| PPOM | 934_PPOM 20191001 | $43.07 | ↓ -75% |
| AETNA PPO | 2136_AETNA 20241001 | $223.92 | ↑ +29% |
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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other Michigan hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corewell Health Big Rapids | Big Rapids | $332.00 | $84.02 – $151.24 |
| Corewell Health Gerber | Fremont | $332.00 | not published |
| Corewell Health Lakeland Watervliet | Watervliet | $245.00 | $84.93 – $127.40 |
| Corewell Health Lakeland St. Joseph | St Joseph | $245.00 | $84.02 – $200.99 |
| Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital | Grand Rapids | $310.00 | $60.16 – $151.24 |
| Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital | East Grand Rapids | $310.00 | $60.16 – $151.24 |
| Corewell Health Reed City | Po Box 75 | $332.00 | not published |
| Corewell Health Greenville | Greenville | $332.00 | $84.02 – $151.24 |