Arthrt gh jt expl/drg/rmv fb at Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC

475 W River Woods Pkwy, Glendale, WI · Ascension · · NPI 1669584983

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

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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.

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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.

$2,302.00 with CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY HEALTH PLAN vs $16,897.00 with THE ALLIANCE — 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
CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY HEALTH PLAN 8_CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY HEALTH PLAN $2,302.00
ANTHEM 5_ANTHEM - PATHWAYS $4,754.00
UHC 1_UHC - COMMERCIAL $5,978.00
ANTHEM 4_ANTHEM - HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORK $6,484.00
ANTHEM 2_ANTHEM - BLUE PREFERRED/BLUE PREFERRED PLUS $7,205.00
HUMANA 6_HUMANA - COMMERCIAL HMO/POS/HPN/PPO $9,139.00
HUMANA 7_HUMANA - COMMERCIAL WVN $9,277.00
ANTHEM 3_ANTHEM - PPO ACESS/BLUE TRADITIONAL $14,481.00
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 11_NETWORK HEALTH PLAN - COMMERCIAL/EXCHANGE $14,961.78
THE ALLIANCE 12_THE ALLIANCE - COMMERCIAL $16,897.00

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Arthrt gh jt expl/drg/rmv fb at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $10,928.00 $655.09 – $3,187.45
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee not published $1,142.59 – $2,806.37
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon not published $1,142.59 – $2,806.37
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $2,383.65 – $11,257.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $2,471.80 – $10,498.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison not published $2,383.65 – $9,052.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe not published $3,178.20 – $10,137.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon not published $3,735.00 – $8,770.00

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