Assay blood catecholamines at Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.)

13111 N Port Washington Rd, Mequon, WI · Ascension · · NPI 1316000706

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 8, 2026

$85.86

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.

$162.00

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.

$29.08 with MEDICARE REPLACEMENT vs $108.88 with ALLIANCE — 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
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1116_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT 20221001 $29.08 ↓ -66%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1114_VETERANS ADMINISTRATION INPATIENT 20221001 $29.08 ↓ -66%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1109_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT 20220701 $29.08 ↓ -66%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1064_VETERANS ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT 20220101 $29.08 ↓ -66%
ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 1117_ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 20221001 $30.53 ↓ -64%
CCHP MARKETPLACE 1124_CCHP MARKETPLACE 20221001 $36.35 ↓ -58%
HUMANA WVN 1135_HUMANA WVN 20221001 $38.97 ↓ -55%
UHC NON OPTIONS PPO 1130_UNITED HEALTH CARE NONOPTIONS 20221001 $40.13 ↓ -53%
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 1136_NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 20221001 $49.44 ↓ -42%
HUMANA PPO 1133_HUMANA PPO 20221001 $51.54 ↓ -40%
HUMANA HMO POS 1127_HUMANA 20221001 $51.54 ↓ -40%
HUMANA PREFERRED 1134_HUMANA PREFERRED 20221001 $51.54 ↓ -40%
SEHN C89 1128_SEHN 20221001 $59.34 ↓ -31%
MOLINA HEALTH MARKETPLACE 1060_MOLINA MARKETPLACE OUTPATIENT 20220101 $63.98 ↓ -25%
MOLINA HEALTH MARKETPLACE 1111_MOLINA MARKETPLACE INPATIENT 20221001 $63.98 ↓ -25%
ANTHEM PATHWAYS 1121_ANTHEM PATHWAYS 20221001 $96.80 ↑ +13%
ANTHEM HMO POS 1120_ANTHEM HMO POS 20221001 $96.80 ↑ +13%
ANTHEM PPO 1122_ANTHEM PPO 20221001 $96.80 ↑ +13%
ALLIANCE 1066_ALLIANCE 20220101 $108.88 ↑ +27%

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Assay blood catecholamines 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 not published $29.08 – $108.88
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $17.45 – $40.72
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $28.21 – $44.89
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $21.81 – $249.11
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $21.81 – $199.31
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison not published $21.81 – $203.82
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe not published $29.08 – $50.89
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon not published $29.08 – $50.89

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