Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet 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

$5.28

Cash price

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$8.00

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.

$0.23 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $8.00 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
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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
UNITED HEALTHCARE ALL COMMERCIAL UNITED HEALTHCARE $0.23 ↓ -96%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC ONEIDA NATION $0.23 ↓ -96%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $0.23 ↓ -96%
ANTHEM ANTHEM POS/HMO $0.24 ↓ -95%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA360 - NETWORK $0.25 ↓ -95%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA360 $0.25 ↓ -95%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA EMPLOYEES $0.25 ↓ -95%
P360 SMALL GROUP PREVEA 360 SMALL GROUP COMMERCIAL PLAN $0.25 ↓ -95%
ANTHEM ANTHEM PPO $0.29 ↓ -95%
HUMANA HUMANA NATIIONAL POS HMO $0.41 ↓ -92%
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE HMO $0.41 ↓ -92%
HSHS EMPLOYEES HSHS EMPLOYEES $3.89 ↓ -26%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF WI ALL COMMERICAL MOLINA MARKETPLACE $4.00 ↓ -24%
WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE $4.80 ↓ -9%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION PPP $4.96 ↓ -6%
SECURITY HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERCIAL SECURITY HEALTH PLAN BROAD NETWORK $5.11 ↓ -3%
AETNA AETNA HSHS $5.17 ↓ -2%
CIGNA ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA $5.60 ↑ +6%
HEALTH EOS ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTH EOS $5.68 ↑ +8%
TRIOLOGY ALL COMMERCIAL TRIOLOGY $5.76 ↑ +9%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA TRUST PPP/TRUST PREFERRED $5.76 ↑ +9%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION TRUST SELECT $5.76 ↑ +9%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION $5.76 ↑ +9%
INTERPLAN ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP $5.84 ↑ +11%
HEALTHSMART ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSMART $5.84 ↑ +11%
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERICAL NETWORK HEALTH PLAN $6.00 ↑ +14%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN $6.72 ↑ +27%
HEALTH CARE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $6.72 ↑ +27%
CHOICECARE ALL COMMERCIAL CHOICE CARE $6.80 ↑ +29%
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE PPO $6.80 ↑ +29%
HUMANA ALL COMMERCIAL HUMANA HPN CHOICECARE $6.80 ↑ +29%
NORTH CENTRAL HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE NEHA $7.36 ↑ +39%
FIRST HEALTH ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK $7.60 ↑ +44%
CATERPILLAR, INC. UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP $8.00 ↑ +52%
AETNA ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA $8.00 ↑ +52%
CENPATICO ALL MEDICAID CENPATICO $8.00 ↑ +52%
LIVE360 LIVE360 HSHS HEALTHY PLAN $8.00 ↑ +52%
COFINITY COFINITY $8.00 ↑ +52%

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Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center GREEN BAY $5.28 $0.23 – $0.41
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay not published $0.24 – $0.60
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $2.23 $0.29 – $0.79
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $7.20 $0.14 – $0.54
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $3.18 $0.29 – $2.52
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $2.44 $0.29 – $1.56
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital OCONTO FALLS $5.28 $0.23 – $0.25
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $0.35 – $0.46

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