Brain MRI (without contrast) 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

$2,360.16

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.

$3,576.00

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.

$92.70 with MOLINA HEALTHCARE vs $565.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA MEDICARE $92.70 ↓ -96%
SECURITY HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SECURITY HEALTH PLAN OF WI $93.63 ↓ -96%
MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN MERIDIAN HMO MCD $110.60 ↓ -95%
MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MEDICAID $110.60 ↓ -95%
CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED $110.60 ↓ -95%
ANTHEM ANTEHM MEDICAID $110.60 ↓ -95%
COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE MEDICAID MANAGED $110.60 ↓ -95%
TRIOLOGY TRILOGY MEDICAID $117.24 ↓ -95%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA MEDICAID $117.24 ↓ -95%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $231.76 ↓ -90%
ANTHEM ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HMO $231.76 ↓ -90%
MEDICARE MANAGED MANAGED MEDICARE NO SEQUESTRATION $231.76 ↓ -90%
UNITY HEALTH PLAN UNITY HOSPICE $231.76 ↓ -90%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTH CARE MEDICARE $231.76 ↓ -90%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $231.76 ↓ -90%
HSHS EMPLOYEES HSHS EMPLOYEES $274.59 ↓ -88%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF WI ALL COMMERICAL MOLINA MARKETPLACE $282.50 ↓ -88%
WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE $339.00 ↓ -86%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION PPP $350.30 ↓ -85%
SECURITY HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERCIAL SECURITY HEALTH PLAN BROAD NETWORK $360.64 ↓ -85%
AETNA AETNA HSHS $364.99 ↓ -85%
CIGNA ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA $395.50 ↓ -83%
HEALTH EOS ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTH EOS $401.15 ↓ -83%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION TRUST SELECT $406.80 ↓ -83%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA TRUST PPP/TRUST PREFERRED $406.80 ↓ -83%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION $406.80 ↓ -83%
TRIOLOGY ALL COMMERCIAL TRIOLOGY $406.80 ↓ -83%
HEALTHSMART ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSMART $412.45 ↓ -83%
INTERPLAN ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP $412.45 ↓ -83%
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERICAL NETWORK HEALTH PLAN $423.75 ↓ -82%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN $474.60 ↓ -80%
HEALTH CARE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $474.60 ↓ -80%
CHOICECARE ALL COMMERCIAL CHOICE CARE $480.25 ↓ -80%
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE PPO $480.25 ↓ -80%
HUMANA ALL COMMERCIAL HUMANA HPN CHOICECARE $480.25 ↓ -80%
NORTH CENTRAL HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE NEHA $519.80 ↓ -78%
NAPHCARE ALL COMMERICAL NAPHCARE $521.46 ↓ -78%
FIRST HEALTH ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK $536.75 ↓ -77%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $565.00 ↓ -76%
HUMANA HUMANA NATIIONAL POS HMO $565.00 ↓ -76%
COFINITY COFINITY $565.00 ↓ -76%
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE HMO $565.00 ↓ -76%
ANTHEM ANTHEM PPO $565.00 ↓ -76%
CATERPILLAR, INC. UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP $565.00 ↓ -76%
LIVE360 LIVE360 HSHS HEALTHY PLAN $565.00 ↓ -76%
ANTHEM ANTHEM POS/HMO $565.00 ↓ -76%
CENPATICO ALL MEDICAID CENPATICO $565.00 ↓ -76%
AETNA ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA $565.00 ↓ -76%
P360 SMALL GROUP PREVEA 360 SMALL GROUP COMMERCIAL PLAN $565.00 ↓ -76%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA EMPLOYEES $565.00 ↓ -76%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA360 $565.00 ↓ -76%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA360 - NETWORK $565.00 ↓ -76%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC ONEIDA NATION $565.00 ↓ -76%
UNITED HEALTHCARE ALL COMMERCIAL UNITED HEALTHCARE $565.00 ↓ -76%

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Brain MRI (without contrast) at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $2,110.00 not published
HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center GREEN BAY $2,360.16 $93.20 – $565.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $2,019.83 $116.26 – $517.79
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $2,019.83 $116.26 – $517.79
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $2,124.55 $65.03 – $1,533.12
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $2,288.00 $173.82 – $1,680.72
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $2,047.10 $180.25 – $1,206.17
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $2,057.55 $173.82 – $1,265.48

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