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Pelvic MRI (with contrast) at Corewell Health Lakeland St. Joseph

1234 Napier Avenue, St Joseph, MI · Corewell Health · · NPI 1134220031

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

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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.

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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.

$347.62 with Aetna vs $1,018.61 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $347.62
Ambetter Health Exchange $521.43
Priority Health Hmo/Ppo $1,018.61

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Pelvic MRI (with contrast) at other Michigan hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Corewell Health Taylor Taylor $3,103.00 $323.42 – $1,047.86
Corewell Health Gross Pointe Grosse Pointe $3,103.00 $323.42 – $1,047.86
Corewell Health Trenton Trenton $3,103.00 $323.42 – $1,047.86
Corewell Health Wayne Wayne $3,103.00 $323.42 – $1,047.86
Corewell Health Troy Troy $3,103.00 $323.29 – $1,047.86
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Clinton Twp $479.72 $50.69 – $2,611.66
Henry Ford Hospital Detroit MI 48202 | 19401 Hubbard Dr. $479.72 $50.69 – $2,474.98
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield $479.72 $50.69 – $2,474.98

All Michigan hospitals for this procedure →