Herpes simplex virus isolation at Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc.
3237 S. 16th St, Milwaukee, WI · Ascension · · NPI 1225087190
$54.06
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.
$102.00
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.
$33.86 with MEDICARE REPLACEMENT vs $152.28 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.
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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| MEDICARE REPLACEMENT | 1321_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT 20251001 | $33.86 | ↓ -37% |
| VETERANS ADMINISTRATION | 1323_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION INPATIENT 20251001 | $33.86 | ↓ -37% |
| VETERANS ADMINISTRATION | 1208_VETERAN ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $33.86 | ↓ -37% |
| MEDICARE REPLACEMENT | 1205_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $33.86 | ↓ -37% |
| SEHN | 1171_SEHN 20241001 | $35.55 | ↓ -34% |
| CENTIVO NW3 | 1255_CENTIVO NW3 20250101 | $39.28 | ↓ -27% |
| CENTIVO NW2 | 1254_CENTIVO NW2 20250101 | $41.31 | ↓ -24% |
| CENTIVO NW1 | 1253_CENTIVO NW1 20250101 | $43.34 | ↓ -20% |
| UNITED HEALTH CARE | 1282_UNITED HEALTH CARE 20250701 | $47.03 | ↓ -13% |
| UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | 605_UNITED HEALTH CARE BEHAVIORAL 20171024 | $47.03 | ↓ -13% |
| SMART HEALTH | 1317_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 | $47.40 | ↓ -12% |
| SMART HEALTH | 1206_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $47.40 | ↓ -12% |
| ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION | 1277_ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 20250701 | $47.40 | ↓ -12% |
| ANTHEM PATHWAYS | 1242_ANTHEM PATHWAYS 20250101 | $48.08 | ↓ -11% |
| ANTHEM HMO POS | 1275_ANTHEM HMO POS 20250701 | $52.48 | ↓ -3% |
| NETWORK HEALTH | 1289_NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 20250701 | $56.04 | ↑ +4% |
| CCHP | 1280_CCHP 20250701 | $69.67 | ↑ +29% |
| ALLIANCE | 1166_ALLIANCE 20241001 | $78.42 | ↑ +45% |
| ANTHEM PPO | 1276_ANTHEM PPO 20250701 | $79.57 | ↑ +47% |
| WPS | 1272_WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES PPO 20250701 | $152.28 | ↑ +182% |
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Herpes simplex virus isolation 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 | $54.06 | $33.86 – $147.87 |
| Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus | Milwaukee | $54.06 | $33.86 – $152.28 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $68.90 | $33.86 – $147.87 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $100.58 | $20.32 – $45.89 |
| SSM Health Monroe Hospital | Monroe | $127.05 | $33.86 – $59.26 |
| SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital | Ripon | $75.90 | $33.86 – $68.54 |
| SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac | Fond Du Lac | $75.90 | $25.40 – $65.35 |
| SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital | Waupun | $75.90 | $33.86 – $68.54 |