Barium Enema (Colon X-ray, barium only) 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

$629.00

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.

$629.00

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.

$104.61 with Priority Health vs $235.94 with Longevity 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
Priority Health Exchange $104.61 ↓ -83%
Priority Health HMO/PPO $104.61 ↓ -83%
Priority Health Cigna Other Commercial Plan $104.61 ↓ -83%
Health Alliance Plan HMO $137.68 ↓ -78%
Health Alliance Plan Exchange $137.68 ↓ -78%
Health Alliance Plan AHLIC PPO $137.68 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth Three Rivers Medicare Managed Care Plan $162.54 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $174.77 ↓ -72%
Zing Medicare Managed Care Plan $190.50 ↓ -70%
Align Senior Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $227.20 ↓ -64%
BCBS Exchange $227.65 ↓ -64%
BCBS All Commercial Plans $227.65 ↓ -64%
Longevity Health Plan of Michigan Medicare Managed Care Plan $235.94 ↓ -62%

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Barium Enema (Colon X-ray, barium only) at other Michigan hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Corewell Health Lakeland Watervliet Watervliet $830.00 $176.66 – $264.99
Corewell Health Lakeland St. Joseph St Joseph $830.00 $174.77 – $361.28
Henry Ford Hospital Detroit MI 48202 | 19401 Hubbard Dr. $241.18 $30.46 – $486.42
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield $241.18 $30.46 – $486.42
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital: Wyandotte $241.18 $30.46 – $486.42
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Clinton Twp $241.18 $30.46 – $513.28
Henry Ford Providence Novi Hospital Novi $259.28 $52.96 – $305.23
Henry Ford St John Hospital Detroit $287.84 $52.96 – $331.40

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