Assay of tyrosine 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

$16.43

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.

$31.00

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.

$10.63 with MEDICARE REPLACEMENT vs $47.23 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 1205_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT 20250101 $10.63 ↓ -35%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1323_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION INPATIENT 20251001 $10.63 ↓ -35%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1208_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT 20250101 $10.63 ↓ -35%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1321_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT 20251001 $10.63 ↓ -35%
SEHN 1171_SEHN 20241001 $11.16 ↓ -32%
CENTIVO NW3 1255_CENTIVO NW3 20250101 $12.33 ↓ -25%
CENTIVO NW2 1254_CENTIVO NW2 20250101 $12.97 ↓ -21%
CENTIVO NW1 1253_CENTIVO NW1 20250101 $13.61 ↓ -17%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 605_UNITED HEALTH CARE BEHAVIORAL 20171024 $14.45 ↓ -12%
UNITED HEALTH CARE 1282_UNITED HEALTH CARE 20250701 $14.45 ↓ -12%
ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 1277_ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 20250701 $14.88 ↓ -9%
SMART HEALTH 1206_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 $14.88 ↓ -9%
SMART HEALTH 1317_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 $14.88 ↓ -9%
ANTHEM PATHWAYS 1242_ANTHEM PATHWAYS 20250101 $15.09 ↓ -8%
ANTHEM HMO POS 1275_ANTHEM HMO POS 20250701 $16.48 ↑ +0%
NETWORK HEALTH 1289_NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 20250701 $17.22 ↑ +5%
CCHP 1280_CCHP 20250701 $21.40 ↑ +30%
ALLIANCE 1166_ALLIANCE 20241001 $24.09 ↑ +47%
ANTHEM PPO 1276_ANTHEM PPO 20250701 $24.98 ↑ +52%
WPS 1272_WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES PPO 20250701 $47.23 ↑ +187%

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Assay of tyrosine 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 $68.37 $10.63 – $45.86
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $16.43 $10.63 – $47.23
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $68.37 $10.63 – $45.86
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $128.36 $6.38 – $50.06
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $84.15 $7.97 – $103.42
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $101.75 $7.97 – $82.71
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $70.40 $7.97 – $84.60
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $53.35 $10.63 – $18.60

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