Prq tcat plmt ntrac st 1 les 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

$23,213.82

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.

$40,726.00

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.

$573.01 with ANTHEM PPO vs $22,700.00 with UNITED HEALTH CARE POS — 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
ANTHEM PPO 1001_ANTHEM PPO MEWI SEWI 20230401 $573.01 ↓ -98%
ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION 999_ANTHEM BLUE CONNECTION MEWI SEWI 20230401 $573.01 ↓ -98%
ANTHEM HMO POS 1000_ANTHEM HMO POS MEWI SEWI 20230401 $573.01 ↓ -98%
ANTHEM PATHWAYS 946_ANTHEM PATHWAYS MEWI SEWI 20230101 $573.01 ↓ -98%
CCHP 931_CCHP MEWI SEWI 20230101 $1,184.36 ↓ -95%
CENTIVO NW1 892_CENTIVO NW1 MEWI SEWI 20221001 $1,868.02 ↓ -92%
CENTIVO NW3 1013_CENTIVO NW3 MEWI SEWI 20221001 $1,868.02 ↓ -92%
UNITED HEALTH CARE POS 985_UNITED HEALTH CARE POS MEWI SEWI 20230401 $22,700.00 ↓ -2%

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Prq tcat plmt ntrac st 1 les 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 $16,444.31 $881.30 – $28,450.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $16,444.31 $881.30 – $28,450.00
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $19,537.84 $498.38 – $7,619.76
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $8,448.00 $8,409.93 – $20,778.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $9,088.20 $11,213.25 – $17,116.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $7,262.20 $17,314.00 – $18,364.00
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $7,262.20 $8,563.85 – $22,037.64
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $7,262.20 $17,314.00 – $18,364.00

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