Arthro/shoul surg; w/spacer at Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital:

2333 Biddie Avenue, Wyandotte, MI · Henry Ford Health · · NPI 1992725352

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

$17,653.66

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.

$6,690.48 with ScriptGuideRX vs $29,422.77 with Vitalcore — 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
ScriptGuideRX All Products $6,690.48 ↓ -62%
Priority Health Medicaid HMO $6,860.07 ↓ -61%
McLaren Medicaid HMO $6,860.07 ↓ -61%
HAP HAP Caresource Medicaid $6,860.07 ↓ -61%
Meridian Medicaid HMO $6,860.07 ↓ -61%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid HMO $6,997.27 ↓ -60%
Molina Medicaid HMO $7,225.21 ↓ -59%
Pace SE MI Medicare Advantage $12,152.89 ↓ -31%
Amerihealth Caritas Dual Products $12,536.66 ↓ -29%
WellCare Wellcare Meridian Dual Align (HMO D-SNP) $12,792.51 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $12,792.51 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross BCN Advantage $12,792.51 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Medicare Plus Blue $12,792.51 ↓ -28%
HAP HAP Dual Products $12,792.51 ↓ -28%
HAP Medicare Advantage $12,792.51 ↓ -28%
McLaren Medicare Advantage $12,792.51 ↓ -28%
Molina Dual MI Coordinated Health $12,792.51 ↓ -28%
Priority Health Dual Premier_HIDE-SNP $12,792.51 ↓ -28%
Priority Health Medicare Advantage $12,792.51 ↓ -28%
Trinity Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12,792.51 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Erickson Advantage $12,792.51 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare VACCN $12,792.51 ↓ -28%
WellCare Medicare Advantage $12,792.51 ↓ -28%
Humana Medicare Advantage $12,920.44 ↓ -27%
Aetna Dual Products $14,071.77 ↓ -20%
HAP Henry Ford Select -HPN commercial $15,351.02 ↓ -13%
Meridian Ambetter From Meridian $17,269.89 ↓ -2%
Nomi All Products $23,538.22 ↑ +33%
Vitalcore All Products $29,422.77 ↑ +67%

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Arthro/shoul surg; w/spacer at other Michigan hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Henry Ford Hospital Detroit MI 48202 | 19401 Hubbard Dr. $17,653.66 $6,690.48 – $29,422.77
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield $17,653.66 $6,690.48 – $29,422.77
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Clinton Twp $17,653.66 $6,690.48 – $29,422.77
Corewell Health Big Rapids Big Rapids not published $12,792.51 – $23,026.52
Corewell Health Lakeland Watervliet Watervliet not published $12,931.03 – $19,396.54
Corewell Health Lakeland St. Joseph St Joseph not published $12,792.51 – $19,188.77
Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids not published $12,792.51 – $23,026.52
Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital East Grand Rapids not published $12,792.51 – $23,026.52

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