Art byp aor celiac msn and renal 35631 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

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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.

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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.

$2,734.67 with NETWORK HEALTH PLAN vs $7,033.35 with UHC NON OPTIONS PPO — 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 $2,734.67
ALLIANCE 1066_ALLIANCE 20220101 $6,577.07
HUMANA PPO 1133_HUMANA PPO 20221001 $7,033.35
HUMANA HMO POS 1127_HUMANA 20221001 $7,033.35
HUMANA PREFERRED 1134_HUMANA PREFERRED 20221001 $7,033.35
UHC NON OPTIONS PPO 1130_UNITED HEALTH CARE NONOPTIONS 20221001 $7,033.35

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Art byp aor celiac msn and renal 35631 at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee not published $6,776.93 – $6,776.93
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee not published $6,776.93 – $6,776.93
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $12,480.80 $1,546.42 – $5,165.04
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon not published $2,734.67 – $7,033.35
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $2,302.00 – $20,066.00
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $11,044.00 – $11,044.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $9,811.00 – $9,811.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison not published $13,962.00 – $13,962.00

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