H pylori (c-13) breath at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville

3400 East Racine Street, Janesville, WI · SSM Health · · NPI 1548654676

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$113.30

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.

$206.00

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.

$50.52 with Molina vs $577.82 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.

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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 Medicare Managed Care Plan $50.52 ↓ -55%
Dean Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $67.36 ↓ -41%
Centivo Broad(WI2) Other Commercial Plan $84.20 ↓ -26%
The Alliance All Commercial Plans $117.88 ↑ +4%
BCBS Blue Preferred/Blue Preferred Plus HMO/POS $535.60 ↑ +373%
BCBS Blue Access PPO $577.82 ↑ +410%
BCBS Blue Traditional Traditional $577.82 ↑ +410%

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H pylori (c-13) breath 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 $307.40 $67.36 – $293.43
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $307.40 $67.36 – $293.43
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $275.20 $40.42 – $106.17
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $100.10 $50.52 – $669.49
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $98.45 $50.52 – $547.78
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $127.05 $67.36 – $117.88
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $128.15 $67.36 – $136.30
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $128.15 $50.52 – $130.00

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