Knee Arthroscopy (Meniscus Trimming) 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

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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.

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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.

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
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AETNA ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA not published by hospital —
ANTHEM ANTEHM MEDICAID not published by hospital —
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ANTHEM ANTHEM POS/HMO not published by hospital —
ANTHEM ANTHEM PPO not published by hospital —
ARISE HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERCIAL ARISE HEALTH PLAN not published by hospital —
CATERPILLAR, INC. UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP not published by hospital —
CHOICECARE ALL COMMERCIAL CHOICE CARE not published by hospital —
CIGNA ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA not published by hospital —
COFINITY COFINITY not published by hospital —
COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE MEDICAID MANAGED not published by hospital —
CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED not published by hospital —
FIRST HEALTH ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK not published by hospital —
HEALTH CARE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE not published by hospital —
HEALTH EOS ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTH EOS not published by hospital —
HEALTHSMART ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSMART not published by hospital —
HSHS EMPLOYEES HSHS EMPLOYEES not published by hospital —
HUMANA ALL COMMERCIAL HUMANA HPN CHOICECARE not published by hospital —
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE HMO not published by hospital —
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE PPO not published by hospital —
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
HUMANA HUMANA NATIIONAL POS HMO not published by hospital —
INTERPLAN ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP not published by hospital —
LIVE360 LIVE360 HSHS HEALTHY PLAN not published by hospital —
MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MEDICAID not published by hospital —
MEDICA MEDICA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
MEDICARE MANAGED MANAGED MEDICARE NO SEQUESTRATION not published by hospital —
MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN MERIDIAN HMO MCD not published by hospital —
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA MEDICAID not published by hospital —
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA MEDICARE not published by hospital —
MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF WI ALL COMMERICAL MOLINA MARKETPLACE not published by hospital —
MULTIPLAN/PHCS ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN not published by hospital —
NAPHCARE ALL COMMERICAL NAPHCARE not published by hospital —
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERICAL NETWORK HEALTH PLAN not published by hospital —
NORTH CENTRAL HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE NEHA not published by hospital —
P360 SMALL GROUP PREVEA 360 SMALL GROUP COMMERCIAL PLAN not published by hospital —
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PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA360 - NETWORK not published by hospital —
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SECURITY HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERCIAL SECURITY HEALTH PLAN BROAD NETWORK not published by hospital —
SECURITY HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SECURITY HEALTH PLAN OF WI not published by hospital —
TRIOLOGY ALL COMMERCIAL TRIOLOGY not published by hospital —
TRIOLOGY TRILOGY MEDICAID not published by hospital —
UNITED HEALTHCARE ALL COMMERCIAL UNITED HEALTHCARE not published by hospital —
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC ONEIDA NATION not published by hospital —
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE not published by hospital —
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTH CARE MEDICARE not published by hospital —
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION not published by hospital —
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION PPP not published by hospital —
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION TRUST SELECT not published by hospital —
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA TRUST PPP/TRUST PREFERRED not published by hospital —
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Knee Arthroscopy (Meniscus Trimming) at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $8,683.20 $496.73 – $2,532.60
Ascension Calumet Hospital, Inc. Chilton $1,079.58 $567.30 – $1,177.80
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee not published $864.13 – $2,117.45
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon not published $864.13 – $2,117.45
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $4,754.00 – $16,897.00
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $2,383.65 – $11,257.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $2,471.80 – $10,498.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison not published $2,383.65 – $9,052.00

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