Capsaicin 8% patch 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

$4.72

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.

$5,455.61

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.

$1.79 with Meridian vs $5,450.61 with United Healthcare — 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 $1.79 ↓ -62%
McLaren Medicaid HMO $1.79 ↓ -62%
HAP HAP Caresource Medicaid $1.79 ↓ -62%
Priority Health Medicaid HMO $1.79 ↓ -62%
ScriptGuideRX All Products $1.79 ↓ -62%
Aetna Better Health Medicaid HMO $1.83 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid HMO $1.93 ↓ -59%
Humana Military Tricare $3.15 ↓ -33%
Pace SE MI Medicare Advantage $3.25 ↓ -31%
Amerihealth Caritas Dual Products $3.35 ↓ -29%
WellCare Wellcare Meridian Dual Align (HMO D-SNP) $3.42 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3.42 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross BCN Advantage $3.42 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Medicare Plus Blue $3.42 ↓ -28%
HAP HAP Dual Products $3.42 ↓ -28%
HAP Medicare Advantage $3.42 ↓ -28%
McLaren Medicare Advantage $3.42 ↓ -28%
Molina Dual MI Coordinated Health $3.42 ↓ -28%
Priority Health Dual Premier_HIDE-SNP $3.42 ↓ -28%
Priority Health Medicare Advantage $3.42 ↓ -28%
Trinity Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3.42 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Erickson Advantage $3.42 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare VACCN $3.42 ↓ -28%
WellCare Medicare Advantage $3.42 ↓ -28%
Humana Medicare Advantage $3.45 ↓ -27%
Aetna Dual Products $3.76 ↓ -20%
Priority Health Commercial $3.98 ↓ -16%
HAP Henry Ford Select -HPN commercial $4.10 ↓ -13%
Meridian Ambetter From Meridian $4.62 ↓ -2%
HAP HAP HMO_AHL_Fully Insured $5.49 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare UHC Commercial $5.64 ↑ +19%
HAP Self-Funded $7.18 ↑ +52%
Nomi All Products $7.39 ↑ +57%
Blue Cross BCBSM Commercial $7.41 ↑ +57%
BCN HMO $7.41 ↑ +57%
Blue Cross BCN Commercial $7.41 ↑ +57%
Vitalcore All Products $7.87 ↑ +67%
Blue Cross BCBSM GM Connected Care $9.30 ↑ +97%
Aetna Commercial $9.54 ↑ +102%
Priority Health Priority Cigna $3,566.33 ↑ +75458%
Multiplan All Products $3,651.91 ↑ +77271%
Cofinity Commercial $3,695.51 ↑ +78195%
United Healthcare Baseline Benefit Plan $5,450.61 ↑ +115379%
Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Medicaid HMO not published by hospital —
Carelon Behavioral Health Behavioral Health not published by hospital —

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