Insert drug delivery implant 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

$111.30

Cash price

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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.

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.

$210.00

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.

$97.75 with NETWORK HEALTH PLAN vs $490.98 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
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 1136_NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 20221001 $97.75 ↓ -12%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1114_VETERANS ADMINISTRATION INPATIENT 20221001 $125.48 ↑ +13%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1109_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT 20220701 $125.48 ↑ +13%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1116_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT 20221001 $125.48 ↑ +13%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1064_VETERANS ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT 20220101 $125.48 ↑ +13%
MOLINA HEALTH MARKETPLACE 1111_MOLINA MARKETPLACE INPATIENT 20221001 $276.06 ↑ +148%
MOLINA HEALTH MARKETPLACE 1060_MOLINA MARKETPLACE OUTPATIENT 20220101 $276.06 ↑ +148%
HUMANA HMO POS 1127_HUMANA 20221001 $403.85 ↑ +263%
HUMANA PREFERRED 1134_HUMANA PREFERRED 20221001 $403.85 ↑ +263%
HUMANA PPO 1133_HUMANA PPO 20221001 $403.85 ↑ +263%
UHC NON OPTIONS PPO 1130_UNITED HEALTH CARE NONOPTIONS 20221001 $403.85 ↑ +263%
ALLIANCE 1066_ALLIANCE 20220101 $490.98 ↑ +341%

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Insert drug delivery implant 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 $222.07 $97.75 – $490.98
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $685.71 $22.08 – $267.42
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $221.10 $1,887.00 – $2,654.00
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $221.10 $98.70 – $2,334.00
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $221.10 $1,887.00 – $2,654.00
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $287.79 $125.16 – $505.90
Ascension Calumet Hospital, Inc. Chilton $140.22 $63.65 – $298.16
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $743.00 – $16,897.00

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