General health panel 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

$86.92

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.

$164.00

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.

$57.26 with HUMANA WVN vs $145.56 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
HUMANA WVN 1135_HUMANA WVN 20221001 $57.26 ↓ -34%
CCHP MARKETPLACE 1124_CCHP MARKETPLACE 20221001 $59.01 ↓ -32%
HUMANA PPO 1133_HUMANA PPO 20221001 $59.11 ↓ -32%
HUMANA HMO POS 1127_HUMANA 20221001 $59.11 ↓ -32%
HUMANA PREFERRED 1134_HUMANA PREFERRED 20221001 $59.11 ↓ -32%
UHC NON OPTIONS PPO 1130_UNITED HEALTH CARE NONOPTIONS 20221001 $61.92 ↓ -29%
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 1136_NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 20221001 $65.94 ↓ -24%
SEHN C89 1128_SEHN 20221001 $77.59 ↓ -11%
ALLIANCE 1066_ALLIANCE 20220101 $145.56 ↑ +67%

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General health panel 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 $86.92 $57.26 – $145.56
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $267.20 $26.92 – $283.90
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $484.00 $317.09 – $317.09
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $484.00 $253.68 – $253.68
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $712.80 $259.43 – $259.43
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $280.50 $46.18 – $46.18
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Franklin $182.32 $59.01 – $149.90
Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.) Oshkosh $91.77 $55.18 – $61.92

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