Culture aerobic additional method definitive id each at Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital

10101 S. 27th St, Franklin, WI · Ascension · · NPI 1861635971

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

$30.74

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.

$58.00

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.

$8.08 with MEDICARE REPLACEMENT vs $36.60 with WPS — 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
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1205_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT 20250101 $8.08 ↓ -74%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1208_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT 20250101 $8.08 ↓ -74%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1323_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION INPATIENT 20251001 $8.08 ↓ -74%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1321_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT 20251001 $8.08 ↓ -74%
SEHN 1171_SEHN 20241001 $8.48 ↓ -72%
CENTIVO NW3 1255_CENTIVO NW3 20250101 $9.37 ↓ -70%
CENTIVO NW2 1254_CENTIVO NW2 20250101 $9.86 ↓ -68%
CENTIVO NW1 1253_CENTIVO NW1 20250101 $10.34 ↓ -66%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 605_UNITED HEALTH CARE BEHAVIORAL 20171024 $11.21 ↓ -64%
UNITED HEALTH CARE 1282_UNITED HEALTH CARE 20250701 $11.21 ↓ -64%
UNITED HEALTH CARE 1283_UNITED HEALTH CARE MWWI 20250701 $11.21 ↓ -64%
SMART HEALTH 1317_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 $11.31 ↓ -63%
SMART HEALTH 1206_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 $11.31 ↓ -63%
ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 1277_ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 20250701 $11.31 ↓ -63%
ANTHEM PATHWAYS 1242_ANTHEM PATHWAYS 20250101 $11.47 ↓ -63%
ANTHEM HMO POS 1275_ANTHEM HMO POS 20250701 $12.52 ↓ -59%
NETWORK HEALTH 1289_NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 20250701 $13.37 ↓ -57%
CCHP 1280_CCHP 20250701 $16.61 ↓ -46%
ALLIANCE 1166_ALLIANCE 20241001 $18.70 ↓ -39%
ANTHEM PPO 1276_ANTHEM PPO 20250701 $18.99 ↓ -38%
WPS 1272_WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES PPO 20250701 $36.60 ↑ +19%

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Culture aerobic additional method definitive id each 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 $57.77 $8.08 – $35.54
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $57.77 $8.08 – $35.54
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $102.11 $4.85 – $45.88
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $189.20 $6.06 – $80.27
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $256.30 $6.06 – $64.22
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $134.20 $6.06 – $65.69
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $167.20 $8.08 – $14.14
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $27.50 $8.08 – $16.33

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