CMS Price Transparency Data

Digestive disorders treatment (inpatient stay)

Facility: St Joe Mercy Hospital System Livonia

Billing Code: 392 (MS-DRG)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$7,815

about 1.4× the $5,676 Medicare rate · typically $5,388–$11,642

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$13,424

Above the fair price

about $5,609 over the fair price · 2.4× Medicare

Medicare pays $5,676 Fair price $7,815 This hospital $13,424 Cash price $16,954

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other MI hospitals

Highest price of the 9 MI hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $5,277 Priciest $13,424

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MI hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Digestive disorders treatment (inpatient stay) is about $7,815 (about 1.4× the $5,676 Medicare rate). St Joe Mercy Hospital System Livonia charges insurers about $13,424, or about $16,954 in cash — above the fair price. Located in Livonia, MI.

This price is above the fair BaseRate — you may be able to pay less

Ask the hospital for the cash / self-pay price, check whether you qualify for financial assistance, or negotiate the bill down toward the fair price of about $7,815. Many patients pay well below the first number they’re quoted — the checklists below walk you through it.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Kaiser Permanente CignaHumana

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$6,055	107%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$5,761 - $16,169	101%
Aetnamajor	$5,761 - $12,317	101%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$16,169	285%
CareSource	$13,424	237%
GEHA	$12,317	217%
Molina	$7,642	135%
Priority Health	$12,011 - $13,346	212%
+ 17 smaller / regional plans	$976 - $16,169

Government programs also on file: Medicare.

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 16,954), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the MS-DRG code on your bill matches exactly: 392.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm St Joe Mercy Hospital System Livonia is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for MS-DRG code 392.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

Deductible left to meet ($)

Your coinsurance (%)

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Other Procedures at St Joe Mercy Hospital System Livonia

Compare: Digestive disorders treatment (inpatient stay) at other MI hospitals

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.