Abdominal CT scan (with and without contrast) at Corewell Health Royal Oak

3601 W Thirteen Mile Rd, Royal Oak, MI · Corewell Health · · NPI 1689653305

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 1, 2026 · Ingested Oct 1, 2026

$3,239.00

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.

$3,239.00

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.

$162.54 with Amerihealth vs $805.93 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
Amerihealth Three Rivers Medicare Managed Care Plan $162.54 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $174.77 ↓ -95%
Zing Medicare Managed Care Plan $190.50 ↓ -94%
Align Senior Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $227.20 ↓ -93%
Longevity Health Plan of Michigan Medicare Managed Care Plan $235.94 ↓ -93%
Health Alliance Plan Exchange $384.15 ↓ -88%
Health Alliance Plan AHLIC PPO $384.15 ↓ -88%
Health Alliance Plan HMO $384.15 ↓ -88%
BCBS Exchange $439.73 ↓ -86%
BCBS All Commercial Plans $439.73 ↓ -86%
Priority Health Exchange $805.93 ↓ -75%
Priority Health HMO/PPO $805.93 ↓ -75%
Priority Health Cigna Other Commercial Plan $805.93 ↓ -75%

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Abdominal CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Michigan hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Corewell Health Lakeland Watervliet Watervliet $4,839.00 $176.66 – $264.99
Corewell Health Lakeland St. Joseph St Joseph $4,839.00 $174.77 – $2,007.06
Henry Ford Hospital Detroit MI 48202 | 19401 Hubbard Dr. $241.18 $40.90 – $1,943.67
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield $241.18 $40.90 – $1,943.67
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital: Wyandotte $241.18 $40.90 – $1,943.67
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Clinton Twp $241.18 $40.90 – $2,051.01
Henry Ford Providence Novi Hospital Novi $1,067.92 $101.16 – $516.90
Henry Ford St John Hospital Detroit $876.96 $124.59 – $738.25

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