Culture body fluid at HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center

1726 SHAWANO AVE, GREEN BAY, WI · Hshs · · NPI 1649246877

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 24, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$237.60

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.

$360.00

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.

$8.62 with MEDICARE MANAGED vs $19.40 with NAPHCARE — 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
MEDICARE MANAGED MANAGED MEDICARE NO SEQUESTRATION $8.62 ↓ -96%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA MEDICARE $8.62 ↓ -96%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTH CARE MEDICARE $8.62 ↓ -96%
ANTHEM ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HMO $8.62 ↓ -96%
UNITY HEALTH PLAN UNITY HOSPICE $8.62 ↓ -96%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $8.62 ↓ -96%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.62 ↓ -96%
SECURITY HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SECURITY HEALTH PLAN OF WI $8.71 ↓ -96%
HSHS EMPLOYEES HSHS EMPLOYEES $8.75 ↓ -96%
COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE MEDICAID MANAGED $8.91 ↓ -96%
MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN MERIDIAN HMO MCD $8.91 ↓ -96%
MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MEDICAID $8.91 ↓ -96%
ANTHEM ANTEHM MEDICAID $8.91 ↓ -96%
CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED $8.91 ↓ -96%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF WI ALL COMMERICAL MOLINA MARKETPLACE $9.00 ↓ -96%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA MEDICAID $9.44 ↓ -96%
TRIOLOGY TRILOGY MEDICAID $9.44 ↓ -96%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $10.34 ↓ -96%
UNITED HEALTHCARE ALL COMMERCIAL UNITED HEALTHCARE $10.34 ↓ -96%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC ONEIDA NATION $10.34 ↓ -96%
WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE $10.80 ↓ -95%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION PPP $11.16 ↓ -95%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA EMPLOYEES $11.21 ↓ -95%
P360 SMALL GROUP PREVEA 360 SMALL GROUP COMMERCIAL PLAN $11.21 ↓ -95%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA360 - NETWORK $11.21 ↓ -95%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA360 $11.21 ↓ -95%
SECURITY HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERCIAL SECURITY HEALTH PLAN BROAD NETWORK $11.49 ↓ -95%
CIGNA ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA $12.60 ↓ -95%
HEALTH EOS ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTH EOS $12.78 ↓ -95%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION TRUST SELECT $12.96 ↓ -95%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION $12.96 ↓ -95%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA TRUST PPP/TRUST PREFERRED $12.96 ↓ -95%
TRIOLOGY ALL COMMERCIAL TRIOLOGY $12.96 ↓ -95%
INTERPLAN ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP $13.14 ↓ -94%
HEALTHSMART ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSMART $13.14 ↓ -94%
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERICAL NETWORK HEALTH PLAN $13.50 ↓ -94%
HUMANA HUMANA NATIIONAL POS HMO $14.65 ↓ -94%
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE HMO $14.65 ↓ -94%
HEALTH CARE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $15.12 ↓ -94%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN $15.12 ↓ -94%
CHOICECARE ALL COMMERCIAL CHOICE CARE $15.30 ↓ -94%
HUMANA ALL COMMERCIAL HUMANA HPN CHOICECARE $15.30 ↓ -94%
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE PPO $15.30 ↓ -94%
NORTH CENTRAL HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE NEHA $16.56 ↓ -93%
FIRST HEALTH ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK $17.10 ↓ -93%
LIVE360 LIVE360 HSHS HEALTHY PLAN $18.00 ↓ -92%
ANTHEM ANTHEM POS/HMO $18.00 ↓ -92%
CATERPILLAR, INC. UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP $18.00 ↓ -92%
AETNA ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA $18.00 ↓ -92%
CENPATICO ALL MEDICAID CENPATICO $18.00 ↓ -92%
AETNA AETNA HSHS $18.00 ↓ -92%
COFINITY COFINITY $18.00 ↓ -92%
ANTHEM ANTHEM PPO $18.00 ↓ -92%
NAPHCARE ALL COMMERICAL NAPHCARE $19.40 ↓ -92%

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