Immunofixation electrophoresis serum at Ascension NE Wisconsin - St. Elizabeth Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.)
1506 S. Oneida St, Appleton, WI · Ascension · · NPI 1407803638
$69.54
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.
$122.00
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$22.34 with VETERANS ADMINISTRATION vs $86.23 with CIGNA — 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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| VETERANS ADMINISTRATION | 916_VETERANS ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT MEWI SEWI 20230101 | $22.34 | ↓ -68% |
| MEDICARE REPLACEMENT | 914_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT MEWI SEWI 20230101 | $22.34 | ↓ -68% |
| MEDICARE REPLACEMENT | 959_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT MEWI SEWI 20230512 | $22.34 | ↓ -68% |
| VETERANS ADMINISTRATION | 956_VETERANS ADMINISTRATION INPATIENT MEWI SEWI 20230512 | $22.34 | ↓ -68% |
| ANTHEM PATHWAYS | 946_ANTHEM PATHWAYS MEWI SEWI 20230101 | $23.46 | ↓ -66% |
| ANTHEM HMO POS | 1000_ANTHEM HMO POS MEWI SEWI 20230401 | $23.46 | ↓ -66% |
| ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION | 999_ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION MEWI SEWI 20230401 | $23.46 | ↓ -66% |
| WELLCARE | 970_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLCARE INPATIENT 20230512 | $23.46 | ↓ -66% |
| WELLCARE | 973_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLCARE OUTPATIENT 20230101 | $23.46 | ↓ -66% |
| ANTHEM PPO | 1001_ANTHEM PPO MEWI SEWI 20230401 | $23.46 | ↓ -66% |
| CENTIVO NW3 | 1013_CENTIVO NW3 MEWI SEWI 20221001 | $25.36 | ↓ -64% |
| CENTIVO NW1 | 892_CENTIVO NW1 MEWI SEWI 20221001 | $25.36 | ↓ -64% |
| SMARTHEALTH | 964_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20230101 | $31.28 | ↓ -55% |
| SMARTHEALTH | 963_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20231001 | $31.28 | ↓ -55% |
| ALLIANCE | 885_ALLIANCE MEWI SEWI 20221001 | $31.96 | ↓ -54% |
| SEHN | 895_SEHN MEWI SEWI 20221001 | $42.91 | ↓ -38% |
| CCHP | 931_CCHP MEWI SEWI 20230101 | $46.24 | ↓ -34% |
| MOLINA MARKETPLACE | 954_MOLINA MARKETPLACE INPATIENT MEWI SEWI 20230512 | $46.91 | ↓ -33% |
| MOLINA MARKETPLACE | 911_MOLINA MARKETPLACE OUTPATIENT MEWI SEWI 20230101 | $46.91 | ↓ -33% |
| NETWORK HEALTH PLAN | 938_NETWORK HEALTH PLAN MEWI SEWI 20230101 | $50.23 | ↓ -28% |
| CIGNA | 1004_CIGNA 20230701 | $86.23 | ↑ +24% |
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Immunofixation electrophoresis serum at other Wisconsin hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Milwaukee | $235.85 | $22.34 – $61.14 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $235.85 | $22.34 – $61.14 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $256.00 | $11.03 – $98.28 |
| Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC | Glendale | $130.38 | $17.83 – $40.03 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo | Baraboo | $277.20 | $16.76 – $222.11 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville | Janesville | $373.45 | $16.76 – $177.70 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison | Madison | $208.45 | $16.76 – $181.73 |
| SSM Health Monroe Hospital | Monroe | $215.60 | $22.34 – $39.10 |