Arthrocentesis aspir+/injection small jt/bursa with Ultrasound 20604 at SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo

707 14Th St, Baraboo, WI · SSM Health · · NPI 1720472848

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$675.95

Cash price

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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.

$1,229.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$223.61 with Molina vs $4,484.00 with BCBS — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Molina Medicare Managed Care Plan $223.61 ↓ -67%
Dean Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $298.15 ↓ -56%
Centivo Broad(WI3) Other Commercial Plan $1,676.00 ↑ +148%
Centivo Broad(WI2) Other Commercial Plan $1,713.00 ↑ +153%
Centivo Broad(WI1) Other Commercial Plan $1,837.00 ↑ +172%
BCBS Blue Preferred/Blue Preferred Plus HMO/POS $4,401.00 ↑ +551%
BCBS Blue Access PPO $4,484.00 ↑ +563%
BCBS Blue Traditional Traditional $4,484.00 ↑ +563%

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Arthrocentesis aspir+/injection small jt/bursa with Ultrasound 20604 at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $502.97 $73.34 – $632.19
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $502.97 $73.34 – $632.19
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $2,295.63 $41.84 – $895.29
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $682.55 $223.61 – $4,198.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $683.65 $298.15 – $4,217.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $1,147.85 $1,887.00 – $2,654.00
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $1,147.85 $227.71 – $2,334.00
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $1,147.85 $1,887.00 – $2,654.00

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