Contrast x-ray of elbow at SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac
430 E Division St, Fond Du Lac, WI · SSM Health · · NPI 1346228541
$1,229.80
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.
$2,236.00
Gross charge 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.
$227.65 with BCBS vs $665.99 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.
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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| BCBS | Blue Preferred / Blue Preferred Plus HMO/POS | $227.65 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | Blue Access PPO | $235.79 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | Blue Traditional Traditional | $235.79 | ↓ -81% |
| MOLINA | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $258.81 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan | $345.07 | ↓ -72% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $351.98 | ↓ -71% |
| DOC | Government | $665.99 | ↓ -46% |
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Contrast x-ray of elbow 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 | $557.03 | $44.42 – $828.27 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $557.03 | $44.42 – $828.27 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $1,312.72 | $23.98 – $544.78 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo | Baraboo | $609.40 | $254.15 – $739.26 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville | Janesville | $964.70 | $263.55 – $530.52 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison | Madison | $625.35 | $254.15 – $556.62 |
| SSM Health Monroe Hospital | Monroe | $582.45 | $185.18 – $338.87 |
| SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital | Ripon | $1,229.80 | $227.65 – $227.65 |