Assay of prostaglandin at HSHS St. Vincent Hospital

835 S. Van Buren St., Green Bay, WI · Hshs · · NPI 1114908001

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

$324.72

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$492.00

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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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$35.09 with COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE vs $492.00 with COFINITY — 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

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
COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE MEDICAID MANAGED $35.09 ↓ -89%
MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN MERIDIAN HMO MCD $35.09 ↓ -89%
MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MEDICAID $35.09 ↓ -89%
CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED $35.09 ↓ -89%
ANTHEM ANTEHM MEDICAID $35.09 ↓ -89%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA MEDICAID $37.20 ↓ -89%
TRIOLOGY TRILOGY MEDICAID $37.20 ↓ -89%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $41.77 ↓ -87%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTH CARE MEDICARE $41.77 ↓ -87%
UNITY HEALTH PLAN UNITY HOSPICE $41.77 ↓ -87%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $41.77 ↓ -87%
MEDICARE MANAGED MANAGED MEDICARE NO SEQUESTRATION $41.77 ↓ -87%
ANTHEM ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HMO $41.77 ↓ -87%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA MEDICARE $41.77 ↓ -87%
SECURITY HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SECURITY HEALTH PLAN OF WI $42.19 ↓ -87%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $50.12 ↓ -85%
UNITED HEALTHCARE ALL COMMERCIAL UNITED HEALTHCARE $50.12 ↓ -85%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC ONEIDA NATION $50.12 ↓ -85%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA EMPLOYEES $54.30 ↓ -83%
P360 SMALL GROUP PREVEA 360 SMALL GROUP COMMERCIAL PLAN $54.30 ↓ -83%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA360 $54.30 ↓ -83%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA360 - NETWORK $54.30 ↓ -83%
HUMANA HUMANA NATIIONAL POS HMO $71.01 ↓ -78%
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE HMO $71.01 ↓ -78%
NAPHCARE ALL COMMERICAL NAPHCARE $93.98 ↓ -71%
ANTHEM ANTHEM POS/HMO $146.20 ↓ -55%
ANTHEM ANTHEM PPO $146.20 ↓ -55%
HSHS EMPLOYEES HSHS EMPLOYEES $239.11 ↓ -26%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF WI ALL COMMERICAL MOLINA MARKETPLACE $246.00 ↓ -24%
WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE $295.20 ↓ -9%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION PPP $305.04 ↓ -6%
SECURITY HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERCIAL SECURITY HEALTH PLAN BROAD NETWORK $314.04 ↓ -3%
AETNA AETNA HSHS $317.83 ↓ -2%
CIGNA ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA $344.40 ↑ +6%
HEALTH EOS ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTH EOS $349.32 ↑ +8%
TRIOLOGY ALL COMMERCIAL TRIOLOGY $354.24 ↑ +9%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA TRUST PPP/TRUST PREFERRED $354.24 ↑ +9%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION $354.24 ↑ +9%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION TRUST SELECT $354.24 ↑ +9%
HEALTHSMART ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSMART $359.16 ↑ +11%
INTERPLAN ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP $359.16 ↑ +11%
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERICAL NETWORK HEALTH PLAN $369.00 ↑ +14%
HEALTH CARE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $413.28 ↑ +27%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN $413.28 ↑ +27%
HUMANA ALL COMMERCIAL HUMANA HPN CHOICECARE $418.20 ↑ +29%
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE PPO $418.20 ↑ +29%
CHOICECARE ALL COMMERCIAL CHOICE CARE $418.20 ↑ +29%
NORTH CENTRAL HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE NEHA $452.64 ↑ +39%
FIRST HEALTH ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK $467.40 ↑ +44%
CENPATICO ALL MEDICAID CENPATICO $492.00 ↑ +52%
AETNA ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA $492.00 ↑ +52%
LIVE360 LIVE360 HSHS HEALTHY PLAN $492.00 ↑ +52%
CATERPILLAR, INC. UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP $492.00 ↑ +52%
COFINITY COFINITY $492.00 ↑ +52%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $355.00 $33.42 – $146.59
HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center GREEN BAY $324.72 $35.09 – $93.98
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $1,291.61 $41.77 – $130.73
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UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $127.20 $25.06 – $57.18
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SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $574.20 $31.33 – $198.47
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $398.75 $31.33 – $202.99

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