Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout 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

$2,072.30

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.

$3,910.00

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.

$1,916.12 with ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION vs $7,050.89 with ANTHEM HMO POS — 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
ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 1117_ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 20221001 $1,916.12 ↓ -8%
HUMANA WVN 1135_HUMANA WVN 20221001 $2,445.34 ↑ +18%
UHC NON OPTIONS PPO 1130_UNITED HEALTH CARE NONOPTIONS 20221001 $2,518.33 ↑ +22%
CCHP MARKETPLACE 1124_CCHP MARKETPLACE 20221001 $2,534.55 ↑ +22%
SEHN C89 1128_SEHN 20221001 $2,872.14 ↑ +39%
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 1136_NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 20221001 $3,102.30 ↑ +50%
HUMANA PREFERRED 1134_HUMANA PREFERRED 20221001 $3,633.93 ↑ +75%
HUMANA HMO POS 1127_HUMANA 20221001 $3,633.93 ↑ +75%
HUMANA PPO 1133_HUMANA PPO 20221001 $3,633.93 ↑ +75%
ALLIANCE 1066_ALLIANCE 20220101 $6,162.46 ↑ +197%
ANTHEM PATHWAYS 1121_ANTHEM PATHWAYS 20221001 $7,050.89 ↑ +240%
ANTHEM PPO 1122_ANTHEM PPO 20221001 $7,050.89 ↑ +240%
ANTHEM HMO POS 1120_ANTHEM HMO POS 20221001 $7,050.89 ↑ +240%

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Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $5,475.08 $1,094.93 – $2,498.00
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $4,414.85 $1,368.66 – $18,138.96
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $4,269.10 $1,368.66 – $14,511.15
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $4,049.10 $1,368.66 – $14,840.97
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $4,446.20 $1,824.88 – $3,193.54
Adventhealth Durand Durand $15,185.96 not published
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee not published $1,916.12 – $7,050.89
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $1,770.13 – $3,164.70

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