Cytopath tbs c/v redo 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

$76.32

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.

$144.00

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.

$14.39 with WISCONSIN WELL WOMAN vs $99.22 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.

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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
WISCONSIN WELL WOMAN 1192_WISCONSIN WELL WOMAN OUTPATIENT 20240701 $14.39 ↓ -81%
NETWORK HEALTH 1289_NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 20250701 $17.48 ↓ -77%
CCHP 1280_CCHP 20250701 $21.74 ↓ -72%
ALLIANCE 1166_ALLIANCE 20241001 $24.46 ↓ -68%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1208_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT 20250101 $42.22 ↓ -45%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1323_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION INPATIENT 20251001 $42.22 ↓ -45%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1205_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT 20250101 $42.22 ↓ -45%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1321_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT 20251001 $42.22 ↓ -45%
SEHN 1171_SEHN 20241001 $44.33 ↓ -42%
WPS 1272_WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES PPO 20250701 $47.23 ↓ -38%
CENTIVO NW3 1255_CENTIVO NW3 20250101 $48.98 ↓ -36%
CENTIVO NW2 1254_CENTIVO NW2 20250101 $51.51 ↓ -33%
UNITED HEALTH CARE 1282_UNITED HEALTH CARE 20250701 $52.78 ↓ -31%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 605_UNITED HEALTH CARE BEHAVIORAL 20171024 $52.78 ↓ -31%
CENTIVO NW1 1253_CENTIVO NW1 20250101 $54.04 ↓ -29%
SMART HEALTH 1206_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 $59.11 ↓ -23%
SMART HEALTH 1317_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 $59.11 ↓ -23%
ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 1277_ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 20250701 $59.11 ↓ -23%
ANTHEM PATHWAYS 1242_ANTHEM PATHWAYS 20250101 $59.95 ↓ -21%
ANTHEM HMO POS 1275_ANTHEM HMO POS 20250701 $65.44 ↓ -14%
ANTHEM PPO 1276_ANTHEM PPO 20250701 $99.22 ↑ +30%

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Cytopath tbs c/v redo 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 $79.50 $21.74 – $132.13
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $76.32 $14.39 – $99.22
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $79.50 $21.74 – $132.13
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Franklin $76.32 $14.39 – $99.22
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $42.22 – $59.11
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $14.92 – $40.95
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $31.66 – $105.01
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $31.66 – $84.01

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