Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at Corewell Health Taylor

10000 Telegraph Road, Taylor, MI · Corewell Health · · NPI 1487605168

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

$2,752.00

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.

$2,752.00

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.

$214.33 with Bcbs vs $1,220.55 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
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $214.33 ↓ -92%
Bcbs Exchange $214.33 ↓ -92%
Priority Health Cigna Other Commercial Plan $585.72 ↓ -79%
Priority Health Hmo/Ppo $585.72 ↓ -79%
Priority Health Exchange $585.72 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth Three Rivers Medicare Managed Care Plan $840.82 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $904.11 ↓ -67%
Molina Healthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $920.39 ↓ -67%
Zing Healthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $985.48 ↓ -64%
Align Senior Care Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,175.35 ↓ -57%
Longevity Health Plan Of Michigan Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,220.55 ↓ -56%

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Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at other Michigan hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Corewell Health Big Rapids Big Rapids $1,591.00 $881.10 – $1,626.70
Corewell Health Gerber Fremont $1,591.00 $881.10 – $881.10
Corewell Health Lakeland Watervliet Watervliet $2,009.00 not published
Corewell Health Lakeland St. Joseph St Joseph $2,009.00 $903.72 – $1,355.59
Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids $1,768.00 $648.43 – $1,626.70
Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital East Grand Rapids $1,768.00 $648.43 – $1,626.70
Corewell Health Reed City Po Box 75 $1,591.00 not published
Corewell Health Greenville Greenville $1,591.00 $881.10 – $1,626.70

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