Cath left heart/lv gram at Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus
5000 W. Chambers St, Milwaukee, WI · Ascension · · NPI 1427007384
$8,373.47
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.
$15,799.00
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.
$832.15 with WPS vs $23,664.00 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 | $832.15 | ↓ -90% |
| ANTHEM PATHWAYS | 1242_ANTHEM PATHWAYS 20250101 | $7,668.00 | ↓ -8% |
| ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION | 1277_ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 20250701 | $11,654.00 | ↑ +39% |
| ANTHEM HMO POS | 1275_ANTHEM HMO POS 20250701 | $13,389.00 | ↑ +60% |
| ANTHEM PPO | 1276_ANTHEM PPO 20250701 | $23,664.00 | ↑ +183% |
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Cath left heart/lv gram 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 | $10,550.71 | $359.09 – $832.54 |
| Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. | Milwaukee | $8,373.47 | $832.15 – $832.15 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $10,550.71 | $359.09 – $832.54 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $14,557.76 | $202.74 – $5,677.52 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison | Madison | $5,592.95 | $2,361.75 – $16,624.00 |
| SSM Health Monroe Hospital | Monroe | $4,282.30 | $3,148.99 – $15,012.00 |
| Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital | Franklin | $8,373.47 | $832.15 – $832.15 |
| Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.) | Oshkosh | $4,457.40 | $233.20 – $760.53 |