Nm imaging hepatobiliary system w/pharmacologic intervention 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

$1,645.60

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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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$2,992.00

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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.

$410.18 with Molina vs $3,542.62 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

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 $410.18 ↓ -75%
Dean Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $546.91 ↓ -67%
BCBS Blue Preferred/Blue Preferred Plus HMO/POS $3,270.11 ↑ +99%
BCBS Blue Access PPO $3,542.62 ↑ +115%
BCBS Blue Traditional Traditional $3,542.62 ↑ +115%

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Nm imaging hepatobiliary system w/pharmacologic intervention 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 $2,261.51 $69.53 – $1,152.80
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $2,261.51 $69.53 – $1,152.80
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $2,715.59 $39.14 – $1,126.97
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $1,238.05 $395.55 – $4,556.73
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $1,439.90 $395.55 – $3,430.96
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $2,093.85 $527.40 – $1,119.44
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $1,936.00 $1,403.19 – $1,403.19
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $1,936.00 $402.79 – $1,036.52

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