Fractionation ketosteroids 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

$128.26

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.

$242.00

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.

$28.50 with MEDICARE REPLACEMENT vs $118.06 with WPS — 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
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1321_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT 20251001 $28.50 ↓ -78%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1323_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION INPATIENT 20251001 $28.50 ↓ -78%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1208_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT 20250101 $28.50 ↓ -78%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1205_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT 20250101 $28.50 ↓ -78%
SEHN 1171_SEHN 20241001 $29.93 ↓ -77%
CENTIVO NW3 1255_CENTIVO NW3 20250101 $33.06 ↓ -74%
CENTIVO NW2 1254_CENTIVO NW2 20250101 $34.77 ↓ -73%
CENTIVO NW1 1253_CENTIVO NW1 20250101 $36.48 ↓ -72%
UNITED HEALTH CARE 1282_UNITED HEALTH CARE 20250701 $36.53 ↓ -72%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 605_UNITED HEALTH CARE BEHAVIORAL 20171024 $36.53 ↓ -72%
SMART HEALTH 1317_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 $39.90 ↓ -69%
SMART HEALTH 1206_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 $39.90 ↓ -69%
ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 1277_ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 20250701 $39.90 ↓ -69%
ANTHEM PATHWAYS 1242_ANTHEM PATHWAYS 20250101 $40.47 ↓ -68%
NETWORK HEALTH 1289_NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 20250701 $43.53 ↓ -66%
ANTHEM HMO POS 1275_ANTHEM HMO POS 20250701 $44.17 ↓ -66%
CCHP 1280_CCHP 20250701 $54.10 ↓ -58%
ALLIANCE 1166_ALLIANCE 20241001 $60.89 ↓ -53%
ANTHEM PPO 1276_ANTHEM PPO 20250701 $66.97 ↓ -48%
WPS 1272_WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES PPO 20250701 $118.06 ↓ -8%

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Fractionation ketosteroids at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $128.26 $28.50 – $118.06
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee not published $28.50 – $114.64
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $86.39 $28.50 – $114.64
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Franklin $128.26 $28.50 – $118.06
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $17.10 – $40.91
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $27.64 – $47.11
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $21.38 – $261.36
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $21.38 – $209.09

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