Gemcitabine 1 gram intravenous solution 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

$21.83

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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.

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$41.18

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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$3.63 with HUMANA HMO POS vs $11.32 with ANTHEM PATHWAYS — same scan, same building. Share

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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
HUMANA HMO POS 1127_HUMANA 20221001 $3.63 ↓ -83%
HUMANA PPO 1133_HUMANA PPO 20221001 $3.63 ↓ -83%
HUMANA PREFERRED 1134_HUMANA PREFERRED 20221001 $3.63 ↓ -83%
ALLIANCE 1066_ALLIANCE 20220101 $4.03 ↓ -82%
UHC NON OPTIONS PPO 1130_UNITED HEALTH CARE NONOPTIONS 20221001 $4.74 ↓ -78%
MEDICAID REPLACEMENT SHWI 1085_MEDICAID REPLACEMENT SHWI 20220101 $5.59 ↓ -74%
TRILOGY 1070_TRILOGY 20220101 $5.95 ↓ -73%
CCHP MARKETPLACE 1124_CCHP MARKETPLACE 20221001 $6.02 ↓ -72%
MEDICAID REPLACEMENT OCWI 1084_MEDICAID REPLACEMENT OCWI 20220101 $6.59 ↓ -70%
ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 1117_ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 20221001 $11.13 ↓ -49%
ANTHEM PATHWAYS 1121_ANTHEM PATHWAYS 20221001 $11.32 ↓ -48%

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Gemcitabine 1 gram intravenous solution 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 $21.83 $3.63 – $11.32
Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.) Oshkosh $23.14 $5.12 – $31.44
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $21.83 $3.52 – $12.73
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $61.50 $3.52 – $13.86
Ascension NE Wisconsin - St. Elizabeth Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.) Appleton $22.38 $5.12 – $31.44
Adventhealth Durand Durand $354.92 not published
Ascension Calumet Hospital, Inc. Chilton $18.95 $5.12 – $31.44
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $4.32 – $5.62

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