Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus
5000 W. Chambers St, Milwaukee, WI · Ascension · · NPI 1427007384
$565.51
Cash price 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.
$1,067.00
Gross charge 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.
$600.34 with MEDICARE REPLACEMENT vs $840.48 with SMART HEALTH — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| MEDICARE REPLACEMENT | 1205_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $600.34 | ↑ +6% |
| VETERANS ADMINISTRATION | 1323_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION INPATIENT 20251001 | $600.34 | ↑ +6% |
| VETERANS ADMINISTRATION | 1208_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $600.34 | ↑ +6% |
| MEDICARE REPLACEMENT | 1321_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT 20251001 | $600.34 | ↑ +6% |
| WPS | 1272_WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES PPO 20250701 | $727.76 | ↑ +29% |
| SMART HEALTH | 1317_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 | $840.48 | ↑ +49% |
| SMART HEALTH | 1206_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $840.48 | ↑ +49% |
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Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at other Wisconsin hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Milwaukee | $1,249.21 | $140.20 – $1,324.09 |
| Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. | Milwaukee | $565.51 | $600.34 – $840.48 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $1,249.21 | $140.20 – $1,324.09 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $1,617.82 | $79.07 – $671.39 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo | Baraboo | $1,335.40 | $456.99 – $4,401.00 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville | Janesville | $1,604.90 | $473.89 – $4,074.00 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison | Madison | $1,777.05 | $456.99 – $4,198.00 |
| SSM Health Monroe Hospital | Monroe | $525.25 | $609.32 – $4,217.00 |