Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1,000 mg intravenous solution 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

$4.05

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$6.13

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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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$0.43 with PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK vs $1.26 with AETNA — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA360 $0.43 ↓ -89%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC ONEIDA NATION $0.43 ↓ -89%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $0.43 ↓ -89%
UNITED HEALTHCARE ALL COMMERCIAL UNITED HEALTHCARE $0.43 ↓ -89%
ANTHEM ANTHEM POS/HMO $0.44 ↓ -89%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA EMPLOYEES $0.47 ↓ -88%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA360 - NETWORK $0.47 ↓ -88%
P360 SMALL GROUP PREVEA 360 SMALL GROUP COMMERCIAL PLAN $0.47 ↓ -88%
ANTHEM ANTHEM PPO $0.55 ↓ -86%
HSHS EMPLOYEES HSHS EMPLOYEES $0.61 ↓ -85%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF WI ALL COMMERICAL MOLINA MARKETPLACE $0.63 ↓ -84%
ARISE HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERCIAL ARISE HEALTH PLAN $0.76 ↓ -81%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION PPP $0.78 ↓ -81%
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE HMO $0.80 ↓ -80%
SECURITY HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERCIAL SECURITY HEALTH PLAN BROAD NETWORK $0.80 ↓ -80%
HUMANA HUMANA NATIIONAL POS HMO $0.80 ↓ -80%
HUMANA ALL COMMERCIAL HUMANA HPN CHOICECARE $0.80 ↓ -80%
INTERPLAN ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP $0.88 ↓ -78%
CIGNA ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA $0.88 ↓ -78%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION TRUST SELECT $0.91 ↓ -78%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA TRUST PPP/TRUST PREFERRED $0.91 ↓ -78%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION $0.91 ↓ -78%
HEALTH EOS ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTH EOS $0.95 ↓ -77%
HEALTHSMART ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSMART $0.95 ↓ -77%
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERICAL NETWORK HEALTH PLAN $0.95 ↓ -77%
TRIOLOGY ALL COMMERCIAL TRIOLOGY $1.00 ↓ -75%
WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE $1.01 ↓ -75%
HEALTH CARE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $1.06 ↓ -74%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN $1.06 ↓ -74%
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE PPO $1.07 ↓ -74%
CHOICECARE ALL COMMERCIAL CHOICE CARE $1.07 ↓ -74%
NORTH CENTRAL HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE NEHA $1.16 ↓ -71%
FIRST HEALTH ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK $1.20 ↓ -70%
LIVE360 LIVE360 HSHS HEALTHY PLAN $1.26 ↓ -69%
CATERPILLAR, INC. UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP $1.26 ↓ -69%
COFINITY COFINITY $1.26 ↓ -69%
AETNA ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA $1.26 ↓ -69%

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Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1,000 mg intravenous solution at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $35.83 $0.01 – $0.26
Aurora Medical Center Washington County Hartford $8.44 $0.25 – $0.65
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital OCONTO FALLS $23.10 $0.43 – $0.47
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $0.36 – $0.50
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $0.36 – $0.50
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison not published $0.36 – $0.50
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe not published $0.25 – $0.75
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon not published $0.28 – $0.74

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