Gadoterate meglumine 0.5 mmol/ml (376.9 mg/ml) intravenous solution at SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital

845 Parkside St, Ripon, WI · SSM Health · · NPI 1053362624

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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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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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.

$0.13 with BCBS vs $0.33 with UnitedHealthCare — 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

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

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
BCBS Blue Preferred / Blue Preferred Plus HMO/POS $0.13
Centivo Median(WI2) Other Commercial Plan $0.22
Centivo Broad(WI1) Other Commercial Plan $0.22
Centivo Value(WI3) Other Commercial Plan $0.22
The Alliance All Commercial Plans $0.22
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $0.33

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Gadoterate meglumine 0.5 mmol/ml (376.9 mg/ml) intravenous solution at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $2.52 $0.12 – $2.68
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $0.17 – $0.22
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $0.17 – $0.22
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison not published $0.17 – $0.22
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe not published $0.12 – $0.36
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac not published $0.13 – $0.33
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun not published $0.13 – $0.33

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