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When the center opens in August 2017 it will be the only facility in the country with a gantry dedicated to basic research.
The first phase addresses the effect the $54 billion deal would have on the national health insurance market.
HIMSS supports contracting requirement while the Federation of American Hospitals suggests pushing back the program.
Agency says the hospitals would have a dominant market share of inpatient services in a 21-county area.
Critics say the procedure is being oversold, leading some patients to get a treatment they don't need.
The money will allow the Greater Flint Health Coalition to do outreach and enroll uninsured children so families can access available services.
The hospitals will generate combined revenues of approximately $215 million and break even in terms of profit.
The plan is part of the insurer's goal to increase the number of payments going to providers who practice value-based care from the current 40 percent to 75 percent by 2020.
Money will be used to grow the company's payment network, which links up with hospitals' existing IT systems.
The model will run for five years starting Jan. 1, 2017, in Arizona, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.