Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/inf a & b 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

$222.60

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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.

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$420.00

Gross charge

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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.

$142.63 with MEDICARE REPLACEMENT vs $463.82 with WPS — 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
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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
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1205_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT 20250101 $142.63 ↓ -36%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1323_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION INPATIENT 20251001 $142.63 ↓ -36%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1208_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT 20250101 $142.63 ↓ -36%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1321_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT 20251001 $142.63 ↓ -36%
SEHN 1171_SEHN 20241001 $149.76 ↓ -33%
CENTIVO NW3 1255_CENTIVO NW3 20250101 $165.45 ↓ -26%
CENTIVO NW2 1254_CENTIVO NW2 20250101 $174.01 ↓ -22%
UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 605_UNITED HEALTH CARE BEHAVIORAL 20171024 $178.25 ↓ -20%
UNITED HEALTH CARE 1282_UNITED HEALTH CARE 20250701 $178.25 ↓ -20%
CENTIVO NW1 1253_CENTIVO NW1 20250101 $182.57 ↓ -18%
SMART HEALTH 1317_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 $199.68 ↓ -10%
SMART HEALTH 1206_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 $199.68 ↓ -10%
ANTHEM PATHWAYS 1242_ANTHEM PATHWAYS 20250101 $202.53 ↓ -9%
WPS 1272_WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES PPO 20250701 $463.82 ↑ +108%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/inf a & b 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 $222.60 $142.63 – $450.37
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $222.60 $142.63 – $463.82
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $222.60 $142.63 – $450.37
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $364.00 $90.42 – $163.42
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $244.20 $106.97 – $1,040.69
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $79.20 $106.97 – $833.57
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $229.35 $106.97 – $852.24
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $229.35 $142.63 – $249.60

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