Ghs pr without cont pulse ox 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

$262.88

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.

$496.00

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.

$57.82 with VETERANS ADMINISTRATION vs $240.32 with HUMANA HMO POS — 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 1064_VETERANS ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT 20220101 $57.82 ↓ -78%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1114_VETERANS ADMINISTRATION INPATIENT 20221001 $57.82 ↓ -78%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1109_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT 20220701 $57.82 ↓ -78%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1116_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT 20221001 $57.82 ↓ -78%
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 1136_NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 20221001 $94.25 ↓ -64%
MOLINA HEALTH MARKETPLACE 1060_MOLINA MARKETPLACE OUTPATIENT 20220101 $127.20 ↓ -52%
MOLINA HEALTH MARKETPLACE 1111_MOLINA MARKETPLACE INPATIENT 20221001 $127.20 ↓ -52%
ALLIANCE 1066_ALLIANCE 20220101 $215.29 ↓ -18%
UHC NON OPTIONS PPO 1130_UNITED HEALTH CARE NONOPTIONS 20221001 $240.32 ↓ -9%
HUMANA PREFERRED 1134_HUMANA PREFERRED 20221001 $240.32 ↓ -9%
HUMANA PPO 1133_HUMANA PPO 20221001 $240.32 ↓ -9%
HUMANA HMO POS 1127_HUMANA 20221001 $240.32 ↓ -9%

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Ghs pr without cont pulse ox at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $298.39 $57.68 – $221.82
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee not published $57.68 – $221.82
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $262.88 $57.82 – $240.32
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $429.77 $16.10 – $178.35
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $172.70 $42.98 – $57.30
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $147.95 $44.57 – $59.42
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $147.95 $42.98 – $57.30
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $175.45 $57.30 – $57.30

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