Aluminum - quest at Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.)

500 S. Oakwood Rd, Oshkosh, WI · Ascension · · NPI 1912527193

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 8, 2026

$61.56

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.

$108.00

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.

$25.48 with VETERANS ADMINISTRATION vs $98.35 with CIGNA — 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
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 916_VETERANS ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT MEWI SEWI 20230101 $25.48 ↓ -59%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 914_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT OUTPATIENT MEWI SEWI 20230101 $25.48 ↓ -59%
MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 959_MEDICARE REPLACEMENT INPATIENT MEWI SEWI 20230512 $25.48 ↓ -59%
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 956_VETERANS ADMINISTRATION INPATIENT MEWI SEWI 20230512 $25.48 ↓ -59%
ANTHEM PATHWAYS 946_ANTHEM PATHWAYS MEWI SEWI 20230101 $26.75 ↓ -57%
ANTHEM HMO POS 1000_ANTHEM HMO POS MEWI SEWI 20230401 $26.75 ↓ -57%
ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 999_ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION MEWI SEWI 20230401 $26.75 ↓ -57%
WELLCARE 970_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLCARE INPATIENT 20230512 $26.75 ↓ -57%
WELLCARE 973_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLCARE OUTPATIENT 20230101 $26.75 ↓ -57%
ANTHEM PPO 1001_ANTHEM PPO MEWI SEWI 20230401 $26.75 ↓ -57%
CENTIVO NW3 1013_CENTIVO NW3 MEWI SEWI 20221001 $35.16 ↓ -43%
CENTIVO NW1 892_CENTIVO NW1 MEWI SEWI 20221001 $35.16 ↓ -43%
SMARTHEALTH 964_SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20230101 $35.67 ↓ -42%
SMARTHEALTH 963_SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20231001 $35.67 ↓ -42%
ALLIANCE 885_ALLIANCE MEWI SEWI 20221001 $36.45 ↓ -41%
SEHN 895_SEHN MEWI SEWI 20221001 $48.92 ↓ -21%
MOLINA MARKETPLACE 954_MOLINA MARKETPLACE INPATIENT MEWI SEWI 20230512 $53.51 ↓ -13%
MOLINA MARKETPLACE 911_MOLINA MARKETPLACE OUTPATIENT MEWI SEWI 20230101 $53.51 ↓ -13%
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 938_NETWORK HEALTH PLAN MEWI SEWI 20230101 $57.27 ↓ -7%
CCHP 931_CCHP MEWI SEWI 20230101 $85.10 ↑ +38%
CIGNA 1004_CIGNA 20230701 $98.35 ↑ +60%

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Aluminum - quest 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 $144.16 $25.48 – $111.19
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $144.16 $25.48 – $111.19
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $389.27 $15.29 – $151.81
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $18.15 $19.11 – $253.29
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $19.25 $19.11 – $202.62
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $15.40 $19.11 – $207.23
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $124.30 $25.48 – $44.59
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $386.65 $25.48 – $51.56

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