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Lumbar Spinal Fusion (single level) at Corewell Health Zeeland
8333 Felch St, Zeeland, MI · Corewell Health · · NPI 1275536344
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Cash price 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 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.
$8,758.85 with Priority Health vs $31,447.38 with Meridian Health Plan — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Priority Health | Narrow Network Exchange | $8,758.85 | — |
| Priority Health | Tiered Network Hmo/Ppo | $9,640.35 | — |
| Priority Health | Core Network Hmo/Ppo | $11,229.30 | — |
| Priority Health | Cigna Hmo/Ppo | $12,913.70 | — |
| Bcbs | Blue Care Network Medicare Managed Care Plan | $17,470.77 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $18,344.30 | — |
| Meridian Health Plan | Ambetter Exchange | $31,447.38 | — |
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Lumbar Spinal Fusion (single level) at other Michigan hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Henry Ford Macomb Hospital | Clinton Twp | $24,109.66 | $935.92 – $40,182.77 |
| Henry Ford Hospital | Detroit MI 48202 | 19401 Hubbard Dr. | $24,109.66 | $935.92 – $49,881.37 |
| Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital | West Bloomfield | $24,109.66 | $935.92 – $40,182.77 |
| Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital: | Wyandotte | $24,109.66 | $935.92 – $37,208.18 |
| Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital | Grand Rapids | not published | $4,486.91 – $31,447.38 |
| Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital | East Grand Rapids | not published | $4,486.91 – $31,447.38 |
| Corewell Health Greenville | Greenville | not published | $8,758.85 – $31,447.38 |
| Corewell Health Gross Pointe | Grosse Pointe | not published | $2,403.11 – $23,595.69 |