Cholesterol body fluid at Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus
5000 W. Chambers St, Milwaukee, WI · Ascension · · NPI 1427007384
$41.87
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.
$79.00
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.
$37.86 with CCHP vs $39.50 with UNITED HEALTH CARE — 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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| CCHP | 1280_CCHP 20250701 | $37.86 | ↓ -10% |
| UNITED HEALTH CARE | 1282_UNITED HEALTH CARE 20250701 | $39.50 | ↓ -6% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Cholesterol body fluid at other Wisconsin hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. | Milwaukee | $41.87 | $37.86 – $39.50 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Milwaukee | not published | $6,662.00 – $7,655.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $48.51 | $13.94 – $51.54 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo | Baraboo | $1,046.65 | not published |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison | Madison | $876.15 | not published |
| SSM Health Monroe Hospital | Monroe | $97.90 | not published |
| SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital | Ripon | $132.55 | not published |
| SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac | Fond Du Lac | $132.55 | not published |