Aminolevulinic acid delta at Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.)

2301 N Lake Dr, Milwaukee, WI · Ascension · · NPI 1871656082

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 8, 2026

$122.43

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.

$231.00

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.

$16.45 with VETERANS ADMINISTRATION vs $72.23 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
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1114_VETERANS ADMINISTRATION INPATIENT 20221001 $16.45 ↓ -87%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1109_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT 20220701 $16.45 ↓ -87%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1116_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT 20221001 $16.45 ↓ -87%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1064_VETERANS ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT 20220101 $16.45 ↓ -87%
ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 1117_ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 20221001 $17.27 ↓ -86%
HUMANA WVN 1135_HUMANA WVN 20221001 $22.04 ↓ -82%
UHC NON OPTIONS PPO 1130_UNITED HEALTH CARE NONOPTIONS 20221001 $22.70 ↓ -81%
CCHP MARKETPLACE 1124_CCHP MARKETPLACE 20221001 $22.85 ↓ -81%
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 1136_NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 20221001 $27.96 ↓ -77%
HUMANA PPO 1133_HUMANA PPO 20221001 $33.85 ↓ -72%
HUMANA HMO POS 1127_HUMANA 20221001 $33.85 ↓ -72%
HUMANA PREFERRED 1134_HUMANA PREFERRED 20221001 $33.85 ↓ -72%
MOLINA HEALTH MARKETPLACE 1060_MOLINA MARKETPLACE OUTPATIENT 20220101 $36.19 ↓ -70%
MOLINA HEALTH MARKETPLACE 1111_MOLINA MARKETPLACE INPATIENT 20221001 $36.19 ↓ -70%
SEHN C89 1128_SEHN 20221001 $38.96 ↓ -68%
ANTHEM PATHWAYS 1121_ANTHEM PATHWAYS 20221001 $63.56 ↓ -48%
ANTHEM PPO 1122_ANTHEM PPO 20221001 $63.56 ↓ -48%
ANTHEM HMO POS 1120_ANTHEM HMO POS 20221001 $63.56 ↓ -48%
ALLIANCE 1066_ALLIANCE 20220101 $72.23 ↓ -41%

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Aminolevulinic acid delta at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $54.59 $16.45 – $74.38
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $54.59 $16.45 – $74.38
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $122.43 $16.45 – $72.23
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $162.40 $9.87 – $21.02
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $97.90 $12.34 – $163.52
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $118.25 $12.34 – $130.81
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $82.50 $12.34 – $133.80
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $145.20 $16.45 – $33.30

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