Crystal identification light microscopy 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

$102.29

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.

$193.00

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.

$7.11 with HUMANA vs $19.48 with HUMANA — 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
HUMANA 7_HUMANA - COMMERCIAL WVN $7.11 ↓ -93%
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 11_NETWORK HEALTH PLAN - COMMERCIAL/EXCHANGE $10.10 ↓ -90%
ANTHEM 4_ANTHEM - HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORK $10.13 ↓ -90%
ANTHEM 5_ANTHEM - PATHWAYS $10.93 ↓ -89%
ANTHEM 2_ANTHEM - BLUE PREFERRED/BLUE PREFERRED PLUS $11.60 ↓ -89%
CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY HEALTH PLAN 8_CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY HEALTH PLAN $12.56 ↓ -88%
THE ALLIANCE 12_THE ALLIANCE - COMMERCIAL $12.81 ↓ -87%
ANTHEM 3_ANTHEM - PPO ACESS/BLUE TRADITIONAL $17.45 ↓ -83%
HUMANA 6_HUMANA - COMMERCIAL HMO/POS/HPN/PPO $19.48 ↓ -81%

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Crystal identification light microscopy 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 $50.88 $7.33 – $30.95
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $50.88 $7.33 – $30.95
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $125.34 $4.40 – $48.88
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $116.05 $5.50 – $71.16
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $97.90 $5.50 – $56.92
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $100.10 $5.50 – $58.22
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $130.90 $7.33 – $12.83
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $66.55 $7.33 – $14.47

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