Bacterial vaginosis pcr 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

$197.69

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.

$373.00

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.

$70.20 with MEDICARE REPLACEMENT vs $315.19 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 $70.20 ↓ -64%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1323_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION INPATIENT 20251001 $70.20 ↓ -64%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1208_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT 20250101 $70.20 ↓ -64%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1205_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT 20250101 $70.20 ↓ -64%
SEHN 1171_SEHN 20241001 $73.71 ↓ -63%
CENTIVO NW3 1255_CENTIVO NW3 20250101 $81.43 ↓ -59%
CENTIVO NW2 1254_CENTIVO NW2 20250101 $85.64 ↓ -57%
CENTIVO NW1 1253_CENTIVO NW1 20250101 $89.86 ↓ -55%
UNITED HEALTH CARE 1282_UNITED HEALTH CARE 20250701 $97.49 ↓ -51%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 605_UNITED HEALTH CARE BEHAVIORAL 20171024 $97.49 ↓ -51%
SMART HEALTH 1317_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 $98.28 ↓ -50%
SMART HEALTH 1206_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 $98.28 ↓ -50%
ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 1277_ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 20250701 $98.28 ↓ -50%
ANTHEM PATHWAYS 1242_ANTHEM PATHWAYS 20250101 $99.68 ↓ -50%
ANTHEM HMO POS 1275_ANTHEM HMO POS 20250701 $108.81 ↓ -45%
NETWORK HEALTH 1289_NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 20250701 $116.16 ↓ -41%
CCHP 1280_CCHP 20250701 $144.40 ↓ -27%
ALLIANCE 1166_ALLIANCE 20241001 $162.55 ↓ -18%
ANTHEM PPO 1276_ANTHEM PPO 20250701 $164.97 ↓ -17%
WPS 1272_WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES PPO 20250701 $315.19 ↑ +59%

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Bacterial vaginosis pcr 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 $1,213.70 $70.20 – $306.06
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $197.69 $70.20 – $315.19
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $1,213.70 $70.20 – $306.06
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $331.37 $42.12 – $145.41
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $329.13 $68.09 – $125.76
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $910.80 $52.65 – $697.74
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $1,228.70 $52.65 – $558.19
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $645.70 $52.65 – $570.87

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