Ins lv lead exist pm/icd at Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus
5000 W. Chambers St, Milwaukee, WI · Ascension · · NPI 1427007384
$9,206.10
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.
$17,370.00
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.
$1,852.39 with WPS vs $34,585.00 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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| WPS | 1272_WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES PPO 20250701 | $1,852.39 | ↓ -80% |
| UNITED HEALTH CARE | 1282_UNITED HEALTH CARE 20250701 | $34,585.00 | ↑ +276% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ins lv lead exist pm/icd at other Wisconsin hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Milwaukee | $10,004.28 | $779.33 – $1,988.05 |
| Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. | Milwaukee | $9,206.10 | $1,852.39 – $34,585.00 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $10,004.28 | $779.33 – $1,988.05 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $31,360.02 | $437.24 – $12,230.41 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison | Madison | $6,644.55 | $7,614.27 – $40,147.00 |
| SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital | Ripon | $21,388.40 | $7,609.00 – $43,643.00 |
| SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac | Fond Du Lac | $21,388.40 | $7,609.00 – $43,643.00 |
| SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital | Waupun | $21,388.40 | $7,609.00 – $43,643.00 |