Abdominal MRI (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

$3,636.00

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.

$3,636.00

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.

$221.10 with Amerihealth vs $841.11 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 $221.10 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $237.74 ↓ -93%
Zing Medicare Managed Care Plan $259.14 ↓ -93%
BCBS All Commercial Plans $289.19 ↓ -92%
BCBS Exchange $289.19 ↓ -92%
Align Senior Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $309.07 ↓ -91%
Longevity Health Plan of Michigan Medicare Managed Care Plan $320.95 ↓ -91%
Health Alliance Plan HMO $391.96 ↓ -89%
Health Alliance Plan AHLIC PPO $391.96 ↓ -89%
Health Alliance Plan Exchange $391.96 ↓ -89%
Priority Health Cigna Other Commercial Plan $841.11 ↓ -77%
Priority Health Exchange $841.11 ↓ -77%
Priority Health HMO/PPO $841.11 ↓ -77%

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Abdominal MRI (without contrast) at other Michigan hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Corewell Health Lakeland Watervliet Watervliet $3,207.00 $240.32 – $360.48
Corewell Health Lakeland St. Joseph St Joseph $3,207.00 $237.74 – $816.02
Henry Ford Hospital Detroit MI 48202 | 19401 Hubbard Dr. $328.08 $42.39 – $2,205.64
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield $328.08 $42.39 – $2,205.64
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital: Wyandotte $328.08 $42.39 – $2,205.64
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Clinton Twp $328.08 $42.39 – $2,327.44
Henry Ford Providence Novi Hospital Novi $1,230.32 $137.36 – $535.90
Henry Ford St John Hospital Detroit $983.92 $143.88 – $1,142.22

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