Echo stress at Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc.
3237 S. 16th St, Milwaukee, WI · Ascension · · NPI 1225087190
$2,215.40
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.
$4,180.00
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.
$239.46 with WPS vs $745.37 with SMART HEALTH — 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 | $239.46 | ↓ -89% |
| VETERANS ADMINISTRATION | 1323_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION INPATIENT 20251001 | $532.41 | ↓ -76% |
| VETERANS ADMINISTRATION | 1208_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $532.41 | ↓ -76% |
| MEDICARE REPLACEMENT | 1321_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT 20251001 | $532.41 | ↓ -76% |
| MEDICARE REPLACEMENT | 1205_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $532.41 | ↓ -76% |
| SMART HEALTH | 1206_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $745.37 | ↓ -66% |
| SMART HEALTH | 1317_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 | $745.37 | ↓ -66% |
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Echo stress at other Wisconsin hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus | Milwaukee | $2,215.40 | $239.46 – $745.37 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Milwaukee | not published | $112.74 – $1,174.27 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $436.19 | $112.74 – $1,174.27 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $2,641.45 | $63.75 – $1,030.16 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo | Baraboo | $821.15 | $398.06 – $530.75 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville | Janesville | $709.50 | $412.78 – $550.38 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison | Madison | $711.70 | $398.06 – $530.75 |
| SSM Health Monroe Hospital | Monroe | $703.45 | $530.75 – $530.75 |