88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at SSM Health Monroe Hospital

515 22Nd Ave, Monroe, WI · SSM Health · · NPI 1073653523

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$252.45

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.

$459.00

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.

$21.74 with BCBS vs $30.95 with BCBS — 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
BCBS Blue Preferred / Blue Preferred Plus HMO/POS $21.74 ↓ -91%
BCBS Blue Access PPO $30.95 ↓ -88%
BCBS Blue Traditional Traditional $30.95 ↓ -88%

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88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site 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 $109.18 $20.23 – $69.45
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $109.18 $20.23 – $69.45
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $318.40 $15.51 – $24.61
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $45.05 $16.62 – $21.73
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $156.75 $151.29 – $151.29
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $156.75 $121.02 – $121.02
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $156.75 $123.78 – $123.78
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $100.10 $18.04 – $30.80

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