Culture fungi other (except blood) at Ascension Calumet Hospital, Inc.

614 Memorial Dr, Chilton, WI · Ascension · · NPI 1376541748

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 8, 2026

$28.50

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.

$50.00

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.

$8.83 with ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION vs $32.46 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.

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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
ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 999_ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION MEWI SEWI 20230401 $8.83 ↓ -69%
ANTHEM HMO POS 1000_ANTHEM HMO POS MEWI SEWI 20230401 $8.83 ↓ -69%
ANTHEM PATHWAYS 946_ANTHEM PATHWAYS MEWI SEWI 20230101 $8.83 ↓ -69%
ANTHEM PPO 1001_ANTHEM PPO MEWI SEWI 20230401 $8.83 ↓ -69%
CENTIVO NW3 1013_CENTIVO NW3 MEWI SEWI 20221001 $11.61 ↓ -59%
CENTIVO NW1 892_CENTIVO NW1 MEWI SEWI 20221001 $11.61 ↓ -59%
ALLIANCE 885_ALLIANCE MEWI SEWI 20221001 $12.02 ↓ -58%
SEHN 895_SEHN MEWI SEWI 20221001 $16.15 ↓ -43%
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 938_NETWORK HEALTH PLAN MEWI SEWI 20230101 $18.89 ↓ -34%
CCHP 931_CCHP MEWI SEWI 20230101 $28.07 ↓ -2%
CIGNA 1004_CIGNA 20230701 $32.46 ↑ +14%

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Culture fungi other (except blood) 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 $77.91 $8.41 – $36.68
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $77.91 $8.41 – $36.68
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $115.20 $5.05 – $50.41
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $95.93 $8.16 – $15.06
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $50.05 $6.31 – $83.57
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $62.70 $6.31 – $66.84
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $42.35 $6.31 – $68.36
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $61.05 $8.41 – $14.72

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