Smear wet mount at HSHS St. Vincent Hospital
835 S. Van Buren St., Green Bay, WI · Hshs · · NPI 1114908001
$39.60
Cash price 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.
$60.00
Gross charge 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.
$5.82 with HUMANA vs $43.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.82 | ↓ -85% |
| AETNA | AETNA MEDICARE | $5.82 | ↓ -85% |
| UNITY HEALTH PLAN | UNITY HOSPICE | $5.82 | ↓ -85% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTH CARE MEDICARE | $5.82 | ↓ -85% |
| MEDICARE MANAGED | MANAGED MEDICARE NO SEQUESTRATION | $5.82 | ↓ -85% |
| ANTHEM | ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HMO | $5.82 | ↓ -85% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA MEDICARE | $5.82 | ↓ -85% |
| SECURITY HEALTH PLAN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SECURITY HEALTH PLAN OF WI | $5.88 | ↓ -85% |
| COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE | COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE MEDICAID MANAGED | $6.00 | ↓ -85% |
| MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN | MERIDIAN HMO MCD | $6.00 | ↓ -85% |
| MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES | MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MEDICAID | $6.00 | ↓ -85% |
| CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED | CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED | $6.00 | ↓ -85% |
| ANTHEM | ANTEHM MEDICAID | $6.00 | ↓ -85% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA MEDICAID | $6.36 | ↓ -84% |
| TRIOLOGY | TRILOGY MEDICAID | $6.36 | ↓ -84% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC ONEIDA NATION | $6.98 | ↓ -82% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $6.98 | ↓ -82% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | ALL COMMERCIAL UNITED HEALTHCARE | $6.98 | ↓ -82% |
| P360 SMALL GROUP | PREVEA 360 SMALL GROUP COMMERCIAL PLAN | $7.57 | ↓ -81% |
| PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK | PREVEA EMPLOYEES | $7.57 | ↓ -81% |
| PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK | PREVEA360 - NETWORK | $7.57 | ↓ -81% |
| PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK | PREVEA360 | $7.57 | ↓ -81% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA NATIIONAL POS HMO | $9.89 | ↓ -75% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA CHOICE CARE HMO | $9.89 | ↓ -75% |
| NAPHCARE | ALL COMMERICAL NAPHCARE | $13.10 | ↓ -67% |
| ANTHEM | ANTHEM POS/HMO | $20.37 | ↓ -49% |
| ANTHEM | ANTHEM PPO | $20.37 | ↓ -49% |
| HSHS EMPLOYEES | HSHS EMPLOYEES | $20.90 | ↓ -47% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF WI | ALL COMMERICAL MOLINA MARKETPLACE | $21.50 | ↓ -46% |
| WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE | WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE | $25.80 | ↓ -35% |
| WEA PROVIDER NETWORK | WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION PPP | $26.66 | ↓ -33% |
| SECURITY HEALTH PLAN | ALL COMMERCIAL SECURITY HEALTH PLAN BROAD NETWORK | $27.45 | ↓ -31% |
| AETNA | AETNA HSHS | $27.78 | ↓ -30% |
| CIGNA | ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA | $30.10 | ↓ -24% |
| HEALTH EOS | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTH EOS | $30.53 | ↓ -23% |
| TRIOLOGY | ALL COMMERCIAL TRIOLOGY | $30.96 | ↓ -22% |
| WEA PROVIDER NETWORK | WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION TRUST SELECT | $30.96 | ↓ -22% |
| WEA PROVIDER NETWORK | WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION | $30.96 | ↓ -22% |
| WEA PROVIDER NETWORK | WEA TRUST PPP/TRUST PREFERRED | $30.96 | ↓ -22% |
| HEALTHSMART | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSMART | $31.39 | ↓ -21% |
| INTERPLAN | ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP | $31.39 | ↓ -21% |
| NETWORK HEALTH PLAN | ALL COMMERICAL NETWORK HEALTH PLAN | $32.25 | ↓ -19% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS | ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN | $36.12 | ↓ -9% |
| HEALTH CARE ALLIANCE | THE ALLIANCE | $36.12 | ↓ -9% |
| HUMANA | ALL COMMERCIAL HUMANA HPN CHOICECARE | $36.55 | ↓ -8% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA CHOICE CARE PPO | $36.55 | ↓ -8% |
| CHOICECARE | ALL COMMERCIAL CHOICE CARE | $36.55 | ↓ -8% |
| NORTH CENTRAL HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE | NEHA | $39.56 | ↓ -0% |
| FIRST HEALTH | ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK | $40.85 | ↑ +3% |
| CENPATICO | ALL MEDICAID CENPATICO | $43.00 | ↑ +9% |
| AETNA | ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA | $43.00 | ↑ +9% |
| LIVE360 | LIVE360 HSHS HEALTHY PLAN | $43.00 | ↑ +9% |
| CATERPILLAR, INC. | UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP | $43.00 | ↑ +9% |
| COFINITY | COFINITY | $43.00 | ↑ +9% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Smear wet mount at other Wisconsin hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Aurora Baycare Medical Center | Green Bay | $37.50 | $4.66 – $20.44 |
| HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center | GREEN BAY | $39.60 | $5.82 – $13.10 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Milwaukee | $48.23 | $5.82 – $18.32 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $48.23 | $5.82 – $18.32 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $57.85 | $5.82 – $22.56 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo | Baraboo | $58.85 | $4.36 – $42.45 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville | Janesville | $102.30 | $4.36 – $33.98 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison | Madison | $54.45 | $4.36 – $34.76 |