Bundle his recording at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison

700 South Park St, Madison, WI · SSM Health · · NPI 1902290034

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

$3,648.15

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.

$6,633.00

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.

$3,863.00 with Centivo vs $7,576.07 with Dean Health Plan — 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
Centivo Broad(WI2) Other Commercial Plan $3,863.00 ↑ +6%
Molina Medicare Managed Care Plan $5,682.05 ↑ +56%
Dean Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,576.07 ↑ +108%

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Bundle his recording at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $5,994.04 $79.73 – $2,337.67
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $5,936.53 $135.54 – $284.64
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $5,936.53 $135.54 – $284.64
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $7,333.70 $3,579.00 – $4,761.00
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $7,333.70 $3,579.00 – $14,889.41
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $7,333.70 $3,579.00 – $4,761.00
Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.) Oshkosh $11,175.42 $114.66 – $16,158.00
Ascension NE Wisconsin - St. Elizabeth Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.) Appleton $11,175.42 $114.66 – $16,158.00

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