Aluminum - quest at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville
3400 East Racine Street, Janesville, WI · SSM Health · · NPI 1548654676
$19.25
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.
$35.00
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.
$19.11 with Molina vs $218.59 with BCBS — 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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| Molina | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $19.11 | ↓ -1% |
| Dean Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $25.48 | ↑ +32% |
| Centivo | Broad(WI2) Other Commercial Plan | $31.85 | ↑ +65% |
| The Alliance | All Commercial Plans | $44.59 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS | Blue Preferred/Blue Preferred Plus HMO/POS | $202.62 | ↑ +953% |
| BCBS | Blue Access PPO | $218.59 | ↑ +1036% |
| BCBS | Blue Traditional Traditional | $218.59 | ↑ +1036% |
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Aluminum - quest at other Wisconsin hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Milwaukee | $144.16 | $25.48 – $111.19 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $144.16 | $25.48 – $111.19 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $389.27 | $15.29 – $151.81 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo | Baraboo | $18.15 | $19.11 – $253.29 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison | Madison | $15.40 | $19.11 – $207.23 |
| SSM Health Monroe Hospital | Monroe | $124.30 | $25.48 – $44.59 |
| SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital | Ripon | $386.65 | $25.48 – $51.56 |
| SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac | Fond Du Lac | $386.65 | $19.11 – $49.18 |