Strapping of ankle and/or ft 29540 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

$16.43

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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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$31.00

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.

$28.12 with NETWORK HEALTH PLAN vs $337.94 with MOLINA HEALTH MARKETPLACE — 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

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
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 1136_NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 20221001 $28.12 ↑ +71%
ALLIANCE 1066_ALLIANCE 20220101 $92.42 ↑ +463%
UHC NON OPTIONS PPO 1130_UNITED HEALTH CARE NONOPTIONS 20221001 $113.90 ↑ +593%
HUMANA PPO 1133_HUMANA PPO 20221001 $113.90 ↑ +593%
HUMANA HMO POS 1127_HUMANA 20221001 $113.90 ↑ +593%
HUMANA PREFERRED 1134_HUMANA PREFERRED 20221001 $113.90 ↑ +593%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1114_VETERANS ADMINISTRATION INPATIENT 20221001 $153.61 ↑ +835%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1064_VETERANS ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT 20220101 $153.61 ↑ +835%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1116_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT 20221001 $153.61 ↑ +835%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1109_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT 20220701 $153.61 ↑ +835%
MOLINA HEALTH MARKETPLACE 1111_MOLINA MARKETPLACE INPATIENT 20221001 $337.94 ↑ +1957%
MOLINA HEALTH MARKETPLACE 1060_MOLINA MARKETPLACE OUTPATIENT 20220101 $337.94 ↑ +1957%

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Strapping of ankle and/or ft 29540 at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $500.54 $16.03 – $195.21
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $180.95 $118.38 – $4,401.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $219.45 $122.76 – $4,074.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $392.15 $118.38 – $4,198.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $248.05 $157.84 – $4,217.00
Adventhealth Durand Durand $955.13 not published
Ascension Calumet Hospital, Inc. Chilton $109.44 $18.12 – $85.05
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee not published $28.12 – $337.94

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