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Children's Hospital of Michigan vs Corewell Health Dearborn.

Side-by-side prices for 21 procedures both hospitals publish, plus CMS quality ratings and metro context. Pulled from each hospital's federally-mandated price transparency file. Corewell Health Dearborn is cheaper on more procedures (15 vs 5).

Detroit, MI
Detroit Medical Center / Tenet
Cheaper on 5 of 21 procedures
vs.
Dearborn, MI
Corewell Health (Oakwood)
1/5 CMS
Cheaper on 15 of 21 procedures

Head-to-head, by procedure.

Procedure Children's Corewell Cheaper
Brain MRI without contrast $5,495 $3,936 Corewell ↓
Brain MRI with and without contrast $8,220 $6,234 Corewell ↓
Lumbar spine MRI without contrast $5,011 $3,780 Corewell ↓
Knee/lower-extremity MRI without contrast $4,029 $3,636 Corewell ↓
CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast $4,441 $5,181 Children's ↓
Abdominal ultrasound, complete $1,481 $1,207 Corewell ↓
DXA bone density scan $512 $628 Children's ↓
Chest X-ray, single view $248 $306 Children's ↓
Comprehensive metabolic panel $534 $59 Corewell ↓
Lipid panel $509 $63 Corewell ↓
CBC with differential $50 $37 Corewell ↓
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) $60 $84 Children's ↓
Hemoglobin A1c $176 $42 Corewell ↓
Urinalysis $36 $29 Corewell ↓
Echocardiogram, complete with Doppler $4,745 $2,260 Corewell ↓
Office visit, established patient, level 3 $188 tie
Lumbar epidural steroid injection $3,590 $3,564 Corewell ↓
Polysomnography (sleep study) $6,891 $4,804 Corewell ↓
Thyroid ultrasound $858 $873 Children's ↓
Carotid duplex ultrasound $1,590 $1,487 Corewell ↓
Psychotherapy, 45 minutes $530 $348 Corewell ↓

Patient experience.

CMS HCAHPS patient survey, period ending 03/31/2025. Bold = higher score.

Measure Children's Corewell
HCAHPS overall star rating 2/5
Would definitely recommend 49%
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 49%
Nurses always communicated well 72%
Doctors always communicated well 72%
Given clear info about recovery 80%
Room and bathroom always clean 48%
Staff always explained meds 55%
Quiet at night, always 40%

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How to read this comparison.

The cash-pay price is what an uninsured patient would be charged at each hospital. It's the cleanest apples-to-apples comparison because it doesn't depend on your insurance plan.

The CMS rating is the federal quality composite, built from ~50 measures spanning safety, mortality, readmission, patient experience, and timeliness. A 5-star hospital may not be the best at every procedure, and a 3-star hospital can have a strong specific service line. Treat the rating as one input, not the answer.

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