Culture anaerobic except blood at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville
3400 East Racine Street, Janesville, WI · SSM Health · · NPI 1548654676
$257.40
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.
$468.00
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.
$7.10 with Molina vs $81.23 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 | $7.10 | ↓ -97% |
| Dean Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $9.47 | ↓ -96% |
| Centivo | Broad(WI2) Other Commercial Plan | $11.84 | ↓ -95% |
| The Alliance | All Commercial Plans | $16.57 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | Blue Preferred/Blue Preferred Plus HMO/POS | $75.31 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | Blue Access PPO | $81.23 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | Blue Traditional Traditional | $81.23 | ↓ -68% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Culture anaerobic except blood at other Wisconsin hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Milwaukee | $87.98 | $9.47 – $41.27 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $87.98 | $9.47 – $41.27 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $117.45 | $5.68 – $45.80 |
| Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC | Glendale | $95.93 | $9.19 – $16.94 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo | Baraboo | $190.30 | $7.10 – $94.13 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison | Madison | $134.75 | $7.10 – $77.01 |
| SSM Health Monroe Hospital | Monroe | $70.40 | $9.47 – $16.57 |
| SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital | Ripon | $123.20 | $9.47 – $19.16 |