Cold agglutinin screen (arc) 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

$122.10

Cash price

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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.

$185.00

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.

$8.07 with MEDICARE MANAGED vs $185.00 with COFINITY — 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
MEDICARE MANAGED MANAGED MEDICARE NO SEQUESTRATION $8.07 ↓ -93%
MEDICA MEDICA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.07 ↓ -93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTH CARE MEDICARE $8.07 ↓ -93%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA MEDICARE $8.07 ↓ -93%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.07 ↓ -93%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $8.07 ↓ -93%
ANTHEM ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HMO $8.07 ↓ -93%
SECURITY HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SECURITY HEALTH PLAN OF WI $8.15 ↓ -93%
ANTHEM ANTEHM MEDICAID $8.17 ↓ -93%
MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN MERIDIAN HMO MCD $8.17 ↓ -93%
MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MEDICAID $8.17 ↓ -93%
CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED $8.17 ↓ -93%
COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE MEDICAID MANAGED $8.17 ↓ -93%
TRIOLOGY TRILOGY MEDICAID $8.66 ↓ -93%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA MEDICAID $8.66 ↓ -93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE ALL COMMERCIAL UNITED HEALTHCARE $9.68 ↓ -92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $9.68 ↓ -92%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA360 $9.68 ↓ -92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC ONEIDA NATION $9.68 ↓ -92%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA EMPLOYEES $10.49 ↓ -91%
P360 SMALL GROUP PREVEA 360 SMALL GROUP COMMERCIAL PLAN $10.49 ↓ -91%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA360 - NETWORK $10.49 ↓ -91%
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE HMO $13.72 ↓ -89%
HUMANA ALL COMMERCIAL HUMANA HPN CHOICECARE $13.72 ↓ -89%
HUMANA HUMANA NATIIONAL POS HMO $13.72 ↓ -89%
NAPHCARE ALL COMMERICAL NAPHCARE $18.16 ↓ -85%
ANTHEM ANTHEM PPO $28.25 ↓ -77%
ANTHEM ANTHEM POS/HMO $28.25 ↓ -77%
HSHS EMPLOYEES HSHS EMPLOYEES $89.91 ↓ -26%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF WI ALL COMMERICAL MOLINA MARKETPLACE $92.50 ↓ -24%
ARISE HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERCIAL ARISE HEALTH PLAN $111.00 ↓ -9%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION PPP $114.70 ↓ -6%
SECURITY HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERCIAL SECURITY HEALTH PLAN BROAD NETWORK $118.09 ↓ -3%
INTERPLAN ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP $129.50 ↑ +6%
CIGNA ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA $129.50 ↑ +6%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA TRUST PPP/TRUST PREFERRED $133.20 ↑ +9%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION TRUST SELECT $133.20 ↑ +9%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION $133.20 ↑ +9%
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERICAL NETWORK HEALTH PLAN $138.75 ↑ +14%
HEALTH EOS ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTH EOS $138.75 ↑ +14%
HEALTHSMART ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSMART $138.75 ↑ +14%
TRIOLOGY ALL COMMERCIAL TRIOLOGY $146.15 ↑ +20%
WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE $148.00 ↑ +21%
HEALTH CARE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $155.40 ↑ +27%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN $155.40 ↑ +27%
CHOICECARE ALL COMMERCIAL CHOICE CARE $157.25 ↑ +29%
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE PPO $157.25 ↑ +29%
NORTH CENTRAL HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE NEHA $170.20 ↑ +39%
FIRST HEALTH ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK $175.75 ↑ +44%
LIVE360 LIVE360 HSHS HEALTHY PLAN $185.00 ↑ +52%
AETNA ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA $185.00 ↑ +52%
CATERPILLAR, INC. UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP $185.00 ↑ +52%
COFINITY COFINITY $185.00 ↑ +52%

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Cold agglutinin screen (arc) at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County Sheboygan not published $6.46 – $28.33
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $51.94 $8.07 – $26.53
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $51.94 $8.07 – $26.53
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $44.80 $4.84 – $20.72
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $42.35 $6.05 – $57.79
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $56.10 $6.05 – $46.24
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $31.35 $6.05 – $47.30
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $51.70 $8.07 – $14.12

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