Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) 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

$1,024.32

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.

$1,552.00

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.

$50.06 with HSHS EMPLOYEES vs $525.02 with NAPHCARE — 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
HSHS EMPLOYEES HSHS EMPLOYEES $50.06 ↓ -95%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF WI ALL COMMERICAL MOLINA MARKETPLACE $51.50 ↓ -95%
ARISE HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERCIAL ARISE HEALTH PLAN $61.80 ↓ -94%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION PPP $63.86 ↓ -94%
SECURITY HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERCIAL SECURITY HEALTH PLAN BROAD NETWORK $65.74 ↓ -94%
INTERPLAN ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP $72.10 ↓ -93%
CIGNA ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA $72.10 ↓ -93%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION $74.16 ↓ -93%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION TRUST SELECT $74.16 ↓ -93%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA TRUST PPP/TRUST PREFERRED $74.16 ↓ -93%
MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN MERIDIAN HMO MCD $74.44 ↓ -93%
ANTHEM ANTEHM MEDICAID $74.44 ↓ -93%
MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MEDICAID $74.44 ↓ -93%
CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED $74.44 ↓ -93%
COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE MEDICAID MANAGED $74.44 ↓ -93%
HEALTH EOS ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTH EOS $77.25 ↓ -92%
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERICAL NETWORK HEALTH PLAN $77.25 ↓ -92%
HEALTHSMART ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSMART $77.25 ↓ -92%
TRIOLOGY TRILOGY MEDICAID $78.91 ↓ -92%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA MEDICAID $78.91 ↓ -92%
TRIOLOGY ALL COMMERCIAL TRIOLOGY $81.37 ↓ -92%
WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE $82.40 ↓ -92%
HEALTH CARE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $86.52 ↓ -92%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN $86.52 ↓ -92%
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE PPO $87.55 ↓ -91%
CHOICECARE ALL COMMERCIAL CHOICE CARE $87.55 ↓ -91%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA MEDICARE $93.34 ↓ -91%
SECURITY HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SECURITY HEALTH PLAN OF WI $94.27 ↓ -91%
NORTH CENTRAL HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE NEHA $94.76 ↓ -91%
FIRST HEALTH ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK $97.85 ↓ -90%
HUMANA ALL COMMERCIAL HUMANA HPN CHOICECARE $103.00 ↓ -90%
P360 SMALL GROUP PREVEA 360 SMALL GROUP COMMERCIAL PLAN $103.00 ↓ -90%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA EMPLOYEES $103.00 ↓ -90%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA360 $103.00 ↓ -90%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA360 - NETWORK $103.00 ↓ -90%
AETNA ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA $103.00 ↓ -90%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $103.00 ↓ -90%
HUMANA HUMANA NATIIONAL POS HMO $103.00 ↓ -90%
UNITED HEALTHCARE ALL COMMERCIAL UNITED HEALTHCARE $103.00 ↓ -90%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC ONEIDA NATION $103.00 ↓ -90%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTH CARE MEDICARE $103.00 ↓ -90%
CATERPILLAR, INC. UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP $103.00 ↓ -90%
LIVE360 LIVE360 HSHS HEALTHY PLAN $103.00 ↓ -90%
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE HMO $103.00 ↓ -90%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.00 ↓ -90%
ANTHEM ANTHEM PPO $103.00 ↓ -90%
ANTHEM ANTHEM POS/HMO $103.00 ↓ -90%
COFINITY COFINITY $103.00 ↓ -90%
MEDICA MEDICA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $233.34 ↓ -77%
ANTHEM ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HMO $233.34 ↓ -77%
MEDICARE MANAGED MANAGED MEDICARE NO SEQUESTRATION $233.34 ↓ -77%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $233.34 ↓ -77%
NAPHCARE ALL COMMERICAL NAPHCARE $525.02 ↓ -49%

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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County Sheboygan $1,030.00 not published
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $1,390.19 $61.57 – $517.68
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $1,390.19 $61.57 – $517.68
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $1,813.60 $34.57 – $652.89
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $1,324.40 $173.82 – $231.76
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $1,401.95 $180.25 – $240.33
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $703.45 $173.82 – $231.76
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $849.20 $231.76 – $231.76

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