Bundle his recording at Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus
5000 W. Chambers St, Milwaukee, WI · Ascension · · NPI 1427007384
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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.
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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.
$260.03 with WPS vs $41,720.00 with ANTHEM PPO — 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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| WPS | 1272_WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES PPO 20250701 | $260.03 | — |
| ANTHEM PATHWAYS | 1242_ANTHEM PATHWAYS 20250101 | $11,445.00 | — |
| ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION | 1277_ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 20250701 | $17,395.00 | — |
| ANTHEM HMO POS | 1275_ANTHEM HMO POS 20250701 | $19,985.00 | — |
| UNITED HEALTH CARE | 1282_UNITED HEALTH CARE 20250701 | $20,925.00 | — |
| ANTHEM PPO | 1276_ANTHEM PPO 20250701 | $41,720.00 | — |
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Bundle his recording 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 | $5,936.53 | $135.54 – $284.64 |
| Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. | Milwaukee | not published | $260.03 – $20,925.00 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $5,936.53 | $135.54 – $284.64 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $5,994.04 | $79.73 – $2,337.67 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison | Madison | $3,648.15 | $3,863.00 – $7,576.07 |
| SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital | Ripon | $7,333.70 | $3,579.00 – $4,761.00 |
| SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac | Fond Du Lac | $7,333.70 | $3,579.00 – $14,889.41 |
| SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital | Waupun | $7,333.70 | $3,579.00 – $4,761.00 |