Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital
10101 S. 27th St, Franklin, WI · Ascension · · NPI 1861635971
$4,420.20
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.
$8,340.00
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.
$270.07 with WPS vs $6,505.20 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 | $270.07 | ↓ -94% |
| UNITED HEALTH CARE | 1282_UNITED HEALTH CARE 20250701 | $2,938.37 | ↓ -34% |
| UNITED HEALTH CARE | 1283_UNITED HEALTH CARE MWWI 20250701 | $2,938.37 | ↓ -34% |
| CIGNA | 1273_CIGNA 20250701 | $6,505.20 | ↑ +47% |
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Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) 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 | $5,144.71 | $125.05 – $2,938.37 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $5,144.71 | $125.05 – $2,938.37 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $5,040.51 | $70.27 – $1,965.80 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo | Baraboo | $2,438.70 | $943.15 – $4,427.82 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville | Janesville | $2,477.20 | $978.03 – $3,177.63 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison | Madison | $2,974.40 | $943.15 – $3,333.90 |
| SSM Health Monroe Hospital | Monroe | $2,555.85 | $1,089.54 – $1,257.53 |
| SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital | Ripon | $2,445.30 | $1,363.51 – $1,363.51 |