_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout at Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus

5000 W. Chambers St, Milwaukee, WI · Ascension · · NPI 1427007384

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

$336.02

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.

$634.00

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.

$115.36 with MEDICARE REPLACEMENT vs $518.22 with WPS — 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
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1321_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT 20251001 $115.36 ↓ -66%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1323_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION INPATIENT 20251001 $115.36 ↓ -66%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1208_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT 20250101 $115.36 ↓ -66%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1205_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT 20250101 $115.36 ↓ -66%
SEHN 1171_SEHN 20241001 $121.13 ↓ -64%
CENTIVO NW3 1255_CENTIVO NW3 20250101 $133.82 ↓ -60%
CENTIVO NW2 1254_CENTIVO NW2 20250101 $140.74 ↓ -58%
CENTIVO NW1 1253_CENTIVO NW1 20250101 $147.66 ↓ -56%
UNITED HEALTH CARE 1282_UNITED HEALTH CARE 20250701 $160.21 ↓ -52%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 605_UNITED HEALTH CARE BEHAVIORAL 20171024 $160.21 ↓ -52%
SMART HEALTH 1317_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 $161.50 ↓ -52%
SMART HEALTH 1206_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 $161.50 ↓ -52%
ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 1277_ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 20250701 $161.50 ↓ -52%
ANTHEM PATHWAYS 1242_ANTHEM PATHWAYS 20250101 $163.81 ↓ -51%
ANTHEM HMO POS 1275_ANTHEM HMO POS 20250701 $178.81 ↓ -47%
NETWORK HEALTH 1289_NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 20250701 $190.90 ↓ -43%
CCHP 1280_CCHP 20250701 $237.30 ↓ -29%
ALLIANCE 1166_ALLIANCE 20241001 $267.14 ↓ -20%
ANTHEM PPO 1276_ANTHEM PPO 20250701 $271.10 ↓ -19%
WPS 1272_WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES PPO 20250701 $518.22 ↑ +54%

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_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout 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 $351.39 $115.36 – $503.20
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $336.02 $115.36 – $518.22
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $372.59 $115.36 – $503.20
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $515.20 $69.22 – $179.44
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $288.85 $111.90 – $206.66
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $601.70 $86.52 – $1,146.62
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $713.35 $86.52 – $917.31
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $564.85 $86.52 – $938.17

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