MRI guid ndl plc s&i at Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital
10101 S. 27th St, Franklin, WI · Ascension · · NPI 1861635971
$1,082.26
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.
$2,042.00
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.
$255.44 with WPS vs $1,592.76 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.
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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| WPS | 1272_WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES PPO 20250701 | $255.44 | ↓ -76% |
| TRILOGY | 1271_TRILOGY 20250701 | $836.00 | ↓ -23% |
| CIGNA | 1273_CIGNA 20250701 | $1,592.76 | ↑ +47% |
Visitor-reported prices
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MRI guid ndl plc s&i at other Wisconsin hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $2,482.05 | $66.08 – $1,791.11 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison | Madison | $1,549.35 | $2,668.71 – $2,668.71 |
| SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital | Ripon | $1,080.75 | $1,091.46 – $1,091.46 |
| SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac | Fond Du Lac | $1,080.75 | $1,091.46 – $1,091.46 |
| SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital | Waupun | $1,080.75 | $1,091.46 – $1,091.46 |
| Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. | Milwaukee | $1,082.26 | $255.44 – $836.00 |
| Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus | Milwaukee | $1,082.26 | $255.44 – $836.00 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Milwaukee | not published | $116.14 – $248.03 |