Biopsy bone trocar/needle superficial at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison
700 South Park St, Madison, WI · SSM Health · · NPI 1902290034
$1,607.10
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.
$2,922.00
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.
$1,203.19 with Molina vs $7,498.00 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 | $1,203.19 | ↓ -25% |
| Dean Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $1,604.25 | ↓ -0% |
| Centivo | Broad(WI2) Other Commercial Plan | $3,193.00 | ↑ +99% |
| BCBS | Blue Preferred/Blue Preferred Plus HMO/POS | $4,982.00 | ↑ +210% |
| BCBS | Blue Access PPO | $7,498.00 | ↑ +367% |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Traditional Traditional | $7,498.00 | ↑ +367% |
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Biopsy bone trocar/needle superficial at other Wisconsin hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $5,016.22 | $79.23 – $1,956.32 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Milwaukee | $2,069.65 | $140.27 – $988.96 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $2,069.65 | $140.27 – $988.96 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo | Baraboo | $1,686.85 | $1,203.19 – $4,867.00 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville | Janesville | $1,369.50 | $1,247.68 – $4,321.00 |
| SSM Health Monroe Hospital | Monroe | $2,175.80 | $1,604.25 – $4,743.00 |
| SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital | Ripon | $1,166.55 | $2,959.00 – $3,388.00 |
| SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac | Fond Du Lac | $1,166.55 | $1,225.21 – $3,152.87 |