Flow cytometry one marker technical component 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

$181.79

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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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$343.00

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.

$24.95 with CCHP vs $489.02 with SMART HEALTH — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
CCHP 1280_CCHP 20250701 $24.95 ↓ -86%
ANTHEM PATHWAYS 1242_ANTHEM PATHWAYS 20250101 $91.30 ↓ -50%
ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 1277_ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 20250701 $91.41 ↓ -50%
ANTHEM HMO POS 1275_ANTHEM HMO POS 20250701 $101.20 ↓ -44%
ANTHEM PPO 1276_ANTHEM PPO 20250701 $153.43 ↓ -16%
WPS 1272_WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES PPO 20250701 $250.95 ↑ +38%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 605_UNITED HEALTH CARE BEHAVIORAL 20171024 $342.78 ↑ +89%
UNITED HEALTH CARE 1282_UNITED HEALTH CARE 20250701 $342.78 ↑ +89%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1208_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT 20250101 $349.30 ↑ +92%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1323_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION INPATIENT 20251001 $349.30 ↑ +92%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1205_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT 20250101 $349.30 ↑ +92%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1321_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT 20251001 $349.30 ↑ +92%
SMART HEALTH 1317_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 $489.02 ↑ +169%
SMART HEALTH 1206_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 $489.02 ↑ +169%

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Flow cytometry one marker technical component 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 $190.80 $24.95 – $770.40
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $181.79 $24.95 – $489.02
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $190.80 $24.95 – $770.40
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $261.60 $30.42 – $76.35
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $59.89 $21.31 – $62.35
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $595.10 $261.13 – $530.76
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $1,173.70 $270.78 – $424.62
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $284.90 $261.13 – $434.26

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