Bilateral laminotomy addl lumbar 63044 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

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Cash price

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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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$999.00

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.

$179.97 with Meridian vs $1,286.70 with Humana Military — 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
Meridian Medicaid HMO-Adult-FAC $179.97
United Healthcare Medicaid-Behavioral Health-Child-FAC $179.97
HAP HAP Caresource Medicaid-FAC $179.97
United Healthcare Medicaid-Behavioral Health-Adult-FAC $179.97
McLaren Medicaid HMO-Adult-FAC $179.97
McLaren Medicaid HMO-Child-FAC $179.97
Meridian Medicaid HMO-Child-FAC $179.97
Aetna Better Health Medicaid HMO-Adult-FAC $183.57
Aetna Better Health Medicaid HMO-Child-FAC $183.57
Molina Medicaid HMO-Child-FAC $187.17
Molina Medicaid HMO-Adult-FAC $187.17
Priority Health Medicaid HMO-Child-FAC $188.97
Priority Health Medicaid HMO-Adult-FAC $188.97
Blue Cross BCBSM GM Connected Care $219.88
Blue Cross BCBSM Commercial $226.43
Blue Cross BCN Commercial $226.43
BCN HMO $226.43
ScriptGuideRX All Products $233.96
Humana Medicare Advantage-NP-NONFAC $303.69
Humana Medicare Advantage-NP-FAC $303.69
Humana Medicare Advantage-Physician-NONFAC $303.69
United Healthcare VACCN-NONFAC $350.28
Humana Medicare Advantage-Physician-FAC $357.29
Blue Cross GM Connected Care $364.52
United Healthcare All Products-Midlevel $368.18
Amerihealth Caritas Dual Products-FAC $399.60
Amerihealth Caritas Dual Products-NONFAC $399.60
Blue Cross BCN Commercial-NONFAC $405.02
Blue Cross BCN Commercial-FAC $405.02
HAP Medicare Advantage HMO/PPO-NonPhysician-FAC $499.50
HAP Medicare Advantage HMO/PPO-NonPhysician-NONFAC $499.50
Vitalcore All Products-FAC $499.50
United Healthcare All Products-Prof $543.78
Nomi All Products $632.65
Blue Cross Medicare Plus Blue-FAC $649.35
Blue Cross BCN Medicare Advantage -FAC $649.35
Blue Cross BCN Medicare Advantage -NONFAC $649.35
Blue Cross Medicare Plus Blue-NONFAC $649.35
Cofinity Commercial $693.93
Humana Military Tricare-NonPhysician-FAC $699.30
Humana Military Tricare-Physician-FAC $699.30
Cofinity All Products $774.15
HAP HAP HMO_AHL_Fully-Insured $778.42
Priority Health Commercial $889.67
HAP HAP HMO_AHL_Fully Insured $897.88
HAP Self-Funded $907.21
Aetna All Products-NONFAC $952.59
Priority Health All Products $999.00
Priority Health Priority Cigna $999.00
Humana Military Tricare $1,286.70
WellCare Wellcare Meridian Dual Align (HMO D-SNP)-NONFAC not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial-Behavioral Health-MA not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial-Behavioral Health-MD not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial-Behavioral Health-PhD not published by hospital
United Healthcare Commercial-Behavioral Health-RN not published by hospital
WellCare Wellcare Meridian Dual Align (HMO D-SNP)-FAC not published by hospital

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Bilateral laminotomy addl lumbar 63044 at other Michigan hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Corewell Health Lakeland St. Joseph St Joseph not published $766.49 – $766.49
Corewell Health Gross Pointe Grosse Pointe not published $515.07 – $824.19
Corewell Health Taylor Taylor not published $517.42 – $517.42
Corewell Health Trenton Trenton not published $514.54 – $514.54
Corewell Health Troy Troy not published $580.84 – $820.22
Corewell Health Wayne Wayne not published $512.61 – $512.61
Henry Ford Hospital Detroit MI 48202 | 19401 Hubbard Dr. not published $179.97 – $952.59
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield not published $179.97 – $952.59

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