Aluminum - quest at Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC
475 W River Woods Pkwy, Glendale, WI · Ascension · · NPI 1669584983
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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.
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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.
$24.72 with HUMANA vs $62.16 with ANTHEM — 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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| HUMANA | 7_HUMANA - COMMERCIAL WVN | $24.72 | — |
| HUMANA | 6_HUMANA - COMMERCIAL HMO/POS/HPN/PPO | $27.01 | — |
| NETWORK HEALTH PLAN | 11_NETWORK HEALTH PLAN - COMMERCIAL/EXCHANGE | $36.00 | — |
| ANTHEM | 4_ANTHEM - HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORK | $36.09 | — |
| ANTHEM | 5_ANTHEM - PATHWAYS | $38.93 | — |
| ANTHEM | 2_ANTHEM - BLUE PREFERRED/BLUE PREFERRED PLUS | $41.30 | — |
| CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY HEALTH PLAN | 8_CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY HEALTH PLAN | $44.76 | — |
| THE ALLIANCE | 12_THE ALLIANCE - COMMERCIAL | $45.64 | — |
| ANTHEM | 3_ANTHEM - PPO ACESS/BLUE TRADITIONAL | $62.16 | — |
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Aluminum - quest 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 | $144.16 | $25.48 – $111.19 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $144.16 | $25.48 – $111.19 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $389.27 | $15.29 – $151.81 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo | Baraboo | $18.15 | $19.11 – $253.29 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville | Janesville | $19.25 | $19.11 – $202.62 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison | Madison | $15.40 | $19.11 – $207.23 |
| SSM Health Monroe Hospital | Monroe | $124.30 | $25.48 – $44.59 |
| SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital | Ripon | $386.65 | $25.48 – $51.56 |