Ghs layer closure 2.5cm or less - 12051 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

$227.15

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.

$413.00

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.

$394.86 with Aetna vs $5,652.00 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $394.86 ↑ +74%
Centivo Median(WI2) Other Commercial Plan $2,181.00 ↑ +860%
BCBS Blue Preferred / Blue Preferred Plus HMO/POS $4,217.00 ↑ +1756%
BCBS Blue Access PPO $5,652.00 ↑ +2388%
BCBS Blue Traditional Traditional $5,652.00 ↑ +2388%

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Ghs layer closure 2.5cm or less - 12051 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 $634.41 $271.54 – $1,077.07
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $187.62 $271.54 – $1,077.07
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $1,201.47 $61.87 – $518.50
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $371.80 $296.15 – $4,401.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $462.00 $307.10 – $4,074.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $573.65 $296.15 – $4,198.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $737.55 $1,887.00 – $2,654.00
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $737.55 $301.57 – $2,334.00

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