Homovanillic acid (hva) at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital

6777 W Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI · Henry Ford Health · · NPI 1407867559

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 28, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$30.93

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.

$20.50

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.

$8.20 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $57.63 with HAP — 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 Caritas Dual Products $8.20 ↓ -73%
Vitalcore All Products $10.25 ↓ -67%
NFL Cigna All Products $10.66 ↓ -66%
Meridian Medicaid HMO $11.72 ↓ -62%
McLaren Medicaid HMO $11.72 ↓ -62%
Priority Health Medicaid HMO $11.72 ↓ -62%
HAP HAP Caresource Medicaid $11.72 ↓ -62%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid HMO $11.95 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid HMO $12.66 ↓ -59%
Multiplan All Products $13.74 ↓ -56%
Humana Military Tricare $14.35 ↓ -54%
Priority Health Priority Cigna $16.18 ↓ -48%
Cofinity Commercial $18.21 ↓ -41%
Meridian Ambetter From Meridian $20.50 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross BCBSM GM Connected Care $20.50 ↓ -34%
HAP Henry Ford Select -HPN commercial $20.50 ↓ -34%
HAP Medicare Advantage $20.50 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross BCN Commercial $20.50 ↓ -34%
Humana Medicare Advantage $20.50 ↓ -34%
Priority Health Commercial $20.50 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross BCBSM Commercial $20.50 ↓ -34%
BCN HMO $20.50 ↓ -34%
Pace SE MI Medicare Advantage $21.29 ↓ -31%
Priority Health Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross BCN Advantage $22.41 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Medicare Plus Blue $22.41 ↓ -28%
HAP HAP Dual Products $22.41 ↓ -28%
McLaren Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↓ -28%
Molina Dual MI Coordinated Health $22.41 ↓ -28%
Priority Health Dual Premier_HIDE-SNP $22.41 ↓ -28%
Trinity Health Plan Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare VACCN $22.41 ↓ -28%
WellCare Medicare Advantage $22.41 ↓ -28%
WellCare Wellcare Meridian Dual Align (HMO D-SNP) $22.41 ↓ -28%
Aetna Dual Products $24.65 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare UHC Commercial $26.89 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Baseline Benefit Plan $32.27 ↑ +4%
Nomi All Products $36.53 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial $39.12 ↑ +26%
HAP HAP HMO_AHL_Fully Insured $39.67 ↑ +28%
HAP Self-Funded $57.63 ↑ +86%
United Healthcare Erickson Advantage not published by hospital
ScriptGuideRX All Products not published by hospital

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Homovanillic acid (hva) at other Michigan hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Corewell Health Big Rapids Big Rapids $66.00 $20.17 – $40.34
Corewell Health Gerber Fremont $66.00 $21.29 – $21.29
Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids $66.00 $21.29 – $40.34
Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital East Grand Rapids $66.00 $21.29 – $40.34
Corewell Health Reed City Po Box 75 $66.00 $21.29 – $21.29
Corewell Health Greenville Greenville $66.00 $21.29 – $40.34
Corewell Health Zeeland Zeeland $66.00 $20.17 – $40.34
Corewell Health Gross Pointe Grosse Pointe $17.15 $20.54 – $36.42

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