Telethx isodose plan simple 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

$717.62

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.

$1,354.00

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.

$245.71 with WPS vs $1,056.12 with CIGNA — 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
WPS 1272_WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES PPO 20250701 $245.71 ↓ -66%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1323_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION INPATIENT 20251001 $355.46 ↓ -50%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1205_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT 20250101 $355.46 ↓ -50%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1321_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT 20251001 $355.46 ↓ -50%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1208_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT 20250101 $355.46 ↓ -50%
SMART HEALTH 1206_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 $497.64 ↓ -31%
SMART HEALTH 1317_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 $497.64 ↓ -31%
CIGNA 1273_CIGNA 20250701 $1,056.12 ↑ +47%

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Telethx isodose plan simple 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 $1,449.02 $120.77 – $783.99
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $717.62 $245.71 – $497.64
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $1,449.02 $120.77 – $783.99
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $355.85 $272.77 – $834.15
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $319.55 $282.86 – $598.61
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $276.65 $272.77 – $628.07
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $1,590.05 $256.86 – $256.86
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $1,590.05 $256.86 – $714.78

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