Autologous blood process at SSM Health Monroe Hospital
515 22Nd Ave, Monroe, WI · SSM Health · · NPI 1073653523
$239.80
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.
$436.00
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.
$112.54 with BCBS vs $165.49 with Aetna — 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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| BCBS | Blue Preferred / Blue Preferred Plus HMO/POS | $112.54 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS | Blue Access PPO | $160.26 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS | Blue Traditional Traditional | $160.26 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $165.49 | ↓ -31% |
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Autologous blood process 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 | $376.30 | $71.07 – $367.00 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $376.30 | $71.07 – $367.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $332.84 | $58.77 – $165.52 |
| Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC | Glendale | $141.51 | $60.70 – $96.72 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo | Baraboo | $401.50 | $124.11 – $669.10 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville | Janesville | $465.30 | $128.70 – $535.28 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison | Madison | $438.90 | $124.11 – $547.46 |
| Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital | Franklin | $143.10 | $71.07 – $316.37 |