Ankle X-ray at HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital

3100 SUPERIOR AVE, SHEBOYGAN, WI · Hshs · · NPI 1730184342

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 24, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$315.48

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.

$478.00

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.

$24.82 with COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE vs $478.00 with AETNA — 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
COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE MEDICAID MANAGED $24.82 ↓ -92%
CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED $24.82 ↓ -92%
MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN MERIDIAN HMO MCD $24.82 ↓ -92%
MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MEDICAID $24.82 ↓ -92%
ANTHEM ANTEHM MEDICAID $24.82 ↓ -92%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA MEDICAID $26.31 ↓ -92%
TRIOLOGY TRILOGY MEDICAID $26.31 ↓ -92%
HUMANA ALL COMMERCIAL HUMANA HPN CHOICECARE $55.08 ↓ -83%
HUMANA HUMANA NATIIONAL POS HMO $55.08 ↓ -83%
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE HMO $55.08 ↓ -83%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA MEDICARE $85.11 ↓ -73%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTH CARE MEDICARE $85.11 ↓ -73%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $85.11 ↓ -73%
MEDICARE MANAGED MANAGED MEDICARE NO SEQUESTRATION $85.11 ↓ -73%
ANTHEM ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HMO $85.11 ↓ -73%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $85.11 ↓ -73%
MEDICA MEDICA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $85.11 ↓ -73%
SECURITY HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SECURITY HEALTH PLAN OF WI $85.96 ↓ -73%
ANTHEM ANTHEM PPO $116.81 ↓ -63%
ANTHEM ANTHEM POS/HMO $116.81 ↓ -63%
NAPHCARE ALL COMMERICAL NAPHCARE $191.49 ↓ -39%
HSHS EMPLOYEES HSHS EMPLOYEES $232.31 ↓ -26%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF WI ALL COMMERICAL MOLINA MARKETPLACE $239.00 ↓ -24%
ARISE HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERCIAL ARISE HEALTH PLAN $286.80 ↓ -9%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION PPP $296.36 ↓ -6%
SECURITY HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERCIAL SECURITY HEALTH PLAN BROAD NETWORK $305.11 ↓ -3%
CIGNA ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA $334.60 ↑ +6%
INTERPLAN ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP $334.60 ↑ +6%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION TRUST SELECT $344.16 ↑ +9%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA TRUST PPP/TRUST PREFERRED $344.16 ↑ +9%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION $344.16 ↑ +9%
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERICAL NETWORK HEALTH PLAN $358.50 ↑ +14%
HEALTH EOS ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTH EOS $358.50 ↑ +14%
HEALTHSMART ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSMART $358.50 ↑ +14%
TRIOLOGY ALL COMMERCIAL TRIOLOGY $377.62 ↑ +20%
WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE $382.40 ↑ +21%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN $401.52 ↑ +27%
HEALTH CARE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $401.52 ↑ +27%
CHOICECARE ALL COMMERCIAL CHOICE CARE $406.30 ↑ +29%
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE PPO $406.30 ↑ +29%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA360 $422.00 ↑ +34%
NORTH CENTRAL HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE NEHA $439.76 ↑ +39%
FIRST HEALTH ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK $454.10 ↑ +44%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA EMPLOYEES $456.60 ↑ +45%
P360 SMALL GROUP PREVEA 360 SMALL GROUP COMMERCIAL PLAN $456.60 ↑ +45%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA360 - NETWORK $456.60 ↑ +45%
COFINITY COFINITY $478.00 ↑ +52%
LIVE360 LIVE360 HSHS HEALTHY PLAN $478.00 ↑ +52%
CATERPILLAR, INC. UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP $478.00 ↑ +52%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $478.00 ↑ +52%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC ONEIDA NATION $478.00 ↑ +52%
UNITED HEALTHCARE ALL COMMERCIAL UNITED HEALTHCARE $478.00 ↑ +52%
AETNA ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA $478.00 ↑ +52%

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Ankle X-ray at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County Sheboygan $630.00 not published
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $170.66 $13.80 – $188.56
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $170.66 $13.80 – $188.56
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $601.04 $7.77 – $234.40
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $291.50 $63.40 – $241.51
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $387.75 $65.74 – $173.34
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $351.45 $63.40 – $181.84
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $256.85 $58.60 – $84.53

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