Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital
3100 SUPERIOR AVE, SHEBOYGAN, WI · Hshs · · NPI 1730184342
$2,857.80
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.
$4,330.00
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.
$136.47 with MOLINA HEALTHCARE vs $4,123.00 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.
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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| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA MEDICARE | $136.47 | ↓ -95% |
| SECURITY HEALTH PLAN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SECURITY HEALTH PLAN OF WI | $137.83 | ↓ -95% |
| MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN | MERIDIAN HMO MCD | $179.97 | ↓ -94% |
| MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES | MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MEDICAID | $179.97 | ↓ -94% |
| ANTHEM | ANTEHM MEDICAID | $179.97 | ↓ -94% |
| CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED | CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED | $179.97 | ↓ -94% |
| COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE | COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE MEDICAID MANAGED | $179.97 | ↓ -94% |
| TRIOLOGY | TRILOGY MEDICAID | $190.76 | ↓ -93% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA MEDICAID | $190.77 | ↓ -93% |
| ANTHEM | ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HMO | $341.18 | ↓ -88% |
| MEDICARE MANAGED | MANAGED MEDICARE NO SEQUESTRATION | $341.18 | ↓ -88% |
| MEDICA | MEDICA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $341.18 | ↓ -88% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $341.18 | ↓ -88% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTH CARE MEDICARE | $341.18 | ↓ -88% |
| AETNA | AETNA MEDICARE | $341.18 | ↓ -88% |
| NAPHCARE | ALL COMMERICAL NAPHCARE | $767.66 | ↓ -73% |
| PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK | PREVEA360 | $1,335.00 | ↓ -53% |
| ANTHEM | ANTHEM PPO | $1,430.00 | ↓ -50% |
| ANTHEM | ANTHEM POS/HMO | $1,430.00 | ↓ -50% |
| PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK | PREVEA EMPLOYEES | $1,444.47 | ↓ -49% |
| P360 SMALL GROUP | PREVEA 360 SMALL GROUP COMMERCIAL PLAN | $1,444.47 | ↓ -49% |
| PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK | PREVEA360 - NETWORK | $1,444.47 | ↓ -49% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | ALL COMMERCIAL UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,513.40 | ↓ -47% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,513.40 | ↓ -47% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC ONEIDA NATION | $1,513.40 | ↓ -47% |
| HSHS EMPLOYEES | HSHS EMPLOYEES | $2,003.78 | ↓ -30% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF WI | ALL COMMERICAL MOLINA MARKETPLACE | $2,061.50 | ↓ -28% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA NATIIONAL POS HMO | $2,383.00 | ↓ -17% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA CHOICE CARE HMO | $2,383.00 | ↓ -17% |
| HUMANA | ALL COMMERCIAL HUMANA HPN CHOICECARE | $2,383.00 | ↓ -17% |
| ARISE HEALTH PLAN | ALL COMMERCIAL ARISE HEALTH PLAN | $2,473.80 | ↓ -13% |
| WEA PROVIDER NETWORK | WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION PPP | $2,556.26 | ↓ -11% |
| SECURITY HEALTH PLAN | ALL COMMERCIAL SECURITY HEALTH PLAN BROAD NETWORK | $2,631.71 | ↓ -8% |
| INTERPLAN | ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP | $2,886.10 | ↑ +1% |
| CIGNA | ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA | $2,886.10 | ↑ +1% |
| WEA PROVIDER NETWORK | WEA TRUST PPP/TRUST PREFERRED | $2,968.56 | ↑ +4% |
| WEA PROVIDER NETWORK | WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION TRUST SELECT | $2,968.56 | ↑ +4% |
| WEA PROVIDER NETWORK | WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION | $2,968.56 | ↑ +4% |
| NETWORK HEALTH PLAN | ALL COMMERICAL NETWORK HEALTH PLAN | $3,092.25 | ↑ +8% |
| HEALTH EOS | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTH EOS | $3,092.25 | ↑ +8% |
| HEALTHSMART | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSMART | $3,092.25 | ↑ +8% |
| TRIOLOGY | ALL COMMERCIAL TRIOLOGY | $3,257.17 | ↑ +14% |
| WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE | WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE | $3,298.40 | ↑ +15% |
| HEALTH CARE ALLIANCE | THE ALLIANCE | $3,463.32 | ↑ +21% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS | ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN | $3,463.32 | ↑ +21% |
| CHOICECARE | ALL COMMERCIAL CHOICE CARE | $3,504.55 | ↑ +23% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA CHOICE CARE PPO | $3,504.55 | ↑ +23% |
| NORTH CENTRAL HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE | NEHA | $3,793.16 | ↑ +33% |
| FIRST HEALTH | ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK | $3,916.85 | ↑ +37% |
| COFINITY | COFINITY | $4,123.00 | ↑ +44% |
| LIVE360 | LIVE360 HSHS HEALTHY PLAN | $4,123.00 | ↑ +44% |
| CATERPILLAR, INC. | UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP | $4,123.00 | ↑ +44% |
| AETNA | ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA | $4,123.00 | ↑ +44% |
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Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at other Wisconsin hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County | Sheboygan | $3,265.00 | not published |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Milwaukee | $3,042.20 | $179.52 – $828.27 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $3,042.20 | $179.52 – $828.27 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $3,169.68 | $100.85 – $2,191.00 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo | Baraboo | $2,448.60 | $254.15 – $2,825.15 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville | Janesville | $2,456.30 | $263.55 – $2,027.44 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison | Madison | $3,291.75 | $254.15 – $2,127.15 |
| SSM Health Monroe Hospital | Monroe | $2,725.80 | $338.87 – $695.79 |