Seriously?!!!-----Added health care cost: DMC, other hospitals charge for parking

Added health care cost: DMC, other hospitals charge for parking - Crain's Detroit Business
Detroit Medical Center is now charging patients, families and visitors to park in its parking lot in downtown Detroit.

The $4 self-park and $6 valet fee began July 2014. Tenet Healthcare, the Dallas-based investor-owned chain that owns DMC, approved a statement from DMC about why the fees are now being charged:

"The cost of parking will allow the DMC to provide parking lots that are safe and easily accessible for our patients and visitors without compromising quality of care." 

Historically, most hospitals in Southeast Michigan have offered free parking to patients and visitors. But over the past several years, some have added fees for parking or valet services. 

Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit charges $2.50 to self-park and $4 for valet parking. There is free self-parking at Henry Ford West Bloomfield, Henry Ford Macomb and Henry Ford Wyandotte. Valet costs $3 to $4.

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center on the DMC campus charges $5 for valet parking and $3 to self-park.

St. Joseph Mercy Health System offers free parking at all its five hospitals with a variable fee for valet services. The University of Michigan Hospitals offers parking for $2 for the first four hours and no additional fee for those with validated ticket. Valet parking at UM is $5.

Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak also has free parking with $4 for valet.