Antibody elution rbc reference at SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac

430 E Division St, Fond Du Lac, WI · SSM Health · · NPI 1346228541

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

$99.55

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.

$181.00

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.

$43.19 with BCBS vs $325.23 with DOC — 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
BCBS Blue Preferred / Blue Preferred Plus HMO/POS $43.19 ↓ -57%
MOLINA Medicare Managed Care Plan $126.39 ↑ +27%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $143.50 ↑ +44%
BCBS Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $168.51 ↑ +69%
Wellcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $171.88 ↑ +73%
DOC Government $325.23 ↑ +227%

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Antibody elution rbc reference 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 $139.39 $36.67 – $367.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $139.39 $36.67 – $367.00
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $211.39 $18.70 – $165.52
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $104.94 $30.23 – $31.93
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $188.10 $124.11 – $212.23
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $199.65 $128.70 – $171.61
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $188.10 $124.11 – $173.62
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $188.10 $35.69 – $165.49

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