Brain MRI (without contrast) at HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital
855 S MAIN STREET, OCONTO FALLS, WI · Hshs · · NPI 1851477913
$2,360.16
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.
$3,576.00
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.
$243.77 with UNITY HEALTH PLAN vs $3,576.00 with CATERPILLAR, INC. — 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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| UNITY HEALTH PLAN | UNITY HOSPICE | $243.77 | ↓ -90% |
| COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE | COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE MEDICAID MANAGED | $391.75 | ↓ -83% |
| ANTHEM | ANTEHM MEDICAID | $391.75 | ↓ -83% |
| MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES | MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MEDICAID | $391.75 | ↓ -83% |
| MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN | MERIDIAN HMO MCD | $391.75 | ↓ -83% |
| CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED | CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED | $391.75 | ↓ -83% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA MEDICAID | $415.26 | ↓ -82% |
| TRIOLOGY | TRILOGY MEDICAID | $415.26 | ↓ -82% |
| AETNA | AETNA MEDICARE | $858.24 | ↓ -64% |
| ANTHEM | ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HMO | $858.24 | ↓ -64% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $858.24 | ↓ -64% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA MEDICARE | $858.24 | ↓ -64% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTH CARE MEDICARE | $858.24 | ↓ -64% |
| SECURITY HEALTH PLAN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SECURITY HEALTH PLAN OF WI | $866.82 | ↓ -63% |
| ANTHEM | ANTHEM POS/HMO | $1,430.00 | ↓ -39% |
| ANTHEM | ANTHEM PPO | $1,430.00 | ↓ -39% |
| PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK | PREVEA360 - NETWORK | $1,444.47 | ↓ -39% |
| P360 SMALL GROUP | PREVEA 360 SMALL GROUP COMMERCIAL PLAN | $1,444.47 | ↓ -39% |
| PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK | PREVEA360 | $1,444.47 | ↓ -39% |
| PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK | PREVEA EMPLOYEES | $1,444.47 | ↓ -39% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,513.40 | ↓ -36% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | ALL COMMERCIAL UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,513.40 | ↓ -36% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC ONEIDA NATION | $1,513.40 | ↓ -36% |
| HSHS EMPLOYEES | HSHS EMPLOYEES | $1,737.94 | ↓ -26% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF WI | ALL COMMERICAL MOLINA MARKETPLACE | $1,788.00 | ↓ -24% |
| NAPHCARE | ALL COMMERICAL NAPHCARE | $1,931.04 | ↓ -18% |
| CIGNA | ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA | $2,235.00 | ↓ -5% |
| SECURITY HEALTH PLAN | ALL COMMERCIAL SECURITY HEALTH PLAN BROAD NETWORK | $2,282.56 | ↓ -3% |
| TRIOLOGY | ALL COMMERCIAL TRIOLOGY | $2,825.04 | ↑ +20% |
| WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE | WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE | $2,860.80 | ↑ +21% |
| ARISE HEALTH PLAN | ALL COMMERCIAL ARISE HEALTH PLAN | $2,860.80 | ↑ +21% |
| WEA PROVIDER NETWORK | WEA TRUST PPP/TRUST PREFERRED | $2,932.32 | ↑ +24% |
| WEA PROVIDER NETWORK | WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION PPP | $2,932.32 | ↑ +24% |
| HEALTH CARE ALLIANCE | THE ALLIANCE | $3,003.84 | ↑ +27% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA NATIIONAL POS HMO | $3,039.60 | ↑ +29% |
| CHOICECARE | ALL COMMERCIAL CHOICE CARE | $3,039.60 | ↑ +29% |
| HUMANA | ALL COMMERCIAL HUMANA HPN CHOICECARE | $3,039.60 | ↑ +29% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA CHOICE CARE PPO | $3,039.60 | ↑ +29% |
| HEALTH EOS | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTH EOS | $3,182.64 | ↑ +35% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS | ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN | $3,182.64 | ↑ +35% |
| NETWORK HEALTH PLAN | ALL COMMERICAL NETWORK HEALTH PLAN | $3,218.40 | ↑ +36% |
| COFINITY | COFINITY | $3,218.40 | ↑ +36% |
| INTERPLAN | ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP | $3,218.40 | ↑ +36% |
| NORTH CENTRAL HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE | NEHA | $3,289.92 | ↑ +39% |
| WEA PROVIDER NETWORK | WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION | $3,397.20 | ↑ +44% |
| FIRST HEALTH | ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK | $3,397.20 | ↑ +44% |
| HEALTHSMART | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSMART | $3,576.00 | ↑ +52% |
| AETNA | ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA | $3,576.00 | ↑ +52% |
| LIVE360 | LIVE360 HSHS HEALTHY PLAN | $3,576.00 | ↑ +52% |
| CATERPILLAR, INC. | UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP | $3,576.00 | ↑ +52% |
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Brain MRI (without contrast) 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 | $2,019.83 | $116.26 – $517.79 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $2,019.83 | $116.26 – $517.79 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $2,124.55 | $65.03 – $1,533.12 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo | Baraboo | $2,288.00 | $173.82 – $1,680.72 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville | Janesville | $2,047.10 | $180.25 – $1,206.17 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison | Madison | $2,057.55 | $173.82 – $1,265.48 |
| SSM Health Monroe Hospital | Monroe | $2,197.80 | $231.76 – $412.60 |
| SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital | Ripon | $1,672.00 | $517.56 – $517.56 |