Repair of kneecap tendon at HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital
3100 SUPERIOR AVE, SHEBOYGAN, WI · Hshs · · NPI 1730184342
$9,804.30
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.
$14,855.00
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.
$753.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $15,966.53 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.
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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC ONEIDA NATION | $753.00 | ↓ -92% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | ALL COMMERCIAL UNITED HEALTHCARE | $753.00 | ↓ -92% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $753.00 | ↓ -92% |
| COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE | COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE MEDICAID MANAGED | $1,383.03 | ↓ -86% |
| MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES | MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MEDICAID | $1,383.03 | ↓ -86% |
| CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED | CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED | $1,383.03 | ↓ -86% |
| ANTHEM | ANTEHM MEDICAID | $1,383.03 | ↓ -86% |
| MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN | MERIDIAN HMO MCD | $1,383.03 | ↓ -86% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA MEDICAID | $1,466.01 | ↓ -85% |
| TRIOLOGY | TRILOGY MEDICAID | $1,466.01 | ↓ -85% |
| ANTHEM | ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HMO | $7,096.24 | ↓ -28% |
| MEDICARE MANAGED | MANAGED MEDICARE NO SEQUESTRATION | $7,096.24 | ↓ -28% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA MEDICARE | $7,096.24 | ↓ -28% |
| MEDICA | MEDICA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7,096.24 | ↓ -28% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTH CARE MEDICARE | $7,096.24 | ↓ -28% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7,096.24 | ↓ -28% |
| AETNA | AETNA MEDICARE | $7,096.24 | ↓ -28% |
| SECURITY HEALTH PLAN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SECURITY HEALTH PLAN OF WI | $7,167.20 | ↓ -27% |
| HSHS EMPLOYEES | HSHS EMPLOYEES | $7,219.53 | ↓ -26% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF WI | ALL COMMERICAL MOLINA MARKETPLACE | $7,427.50 | ↓ -24% |
| ARISE HEALTH PLAN | ALL COMMERCIAL ARISE HEALTH PLAN | $8,913.00 | ↓ -9% |
| P360 SMALL GROUP | PREVEA 360 SMALL GROUP COMMERCIAL PLAN | $8,913.00 | ↓ -9% |
| PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK | PREVEA EMPLOYEES | $8,913.00 | ↓ -9% |
| PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK | PREVEA360 | $8,913.00 | ↓ -9% |
| PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK | PREVEA360 - NETWORK | $8,913.00 | ↓ -9% |
| WEA PROVIDER NETWORK | WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION PPP | $9,210.10 | ↓ -6% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA NATIIONAL POS HMO | $9,432.93 | ↓ -4% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA CHOICE CARE HMO | $9,432.93 | ↓ -4% |
| HUMANA | ALL COMMERCIAL HUMANA HPN CHOICECARE | $9,432.93 | ↓ -4% |
| SECURITY HEALTH PLAN | ALL COMMERCIAL SECURITY HEALTH PLAN BROAD NETWORK | $9,481.95 | ↓ -3% |
| ANTHEM | ANTHEM PPO | $10,101.40 | ↑ +3% |
| ANTHEM | ANTHEM POS/HMO | $10,101.40 | ↑ +3% |
| INTERPLAN | ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP | $10,398.50 | ↑ +6% |
| CIGNA | ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA | $10,398.50 | ↑ +6% |
| WEA PROVIDER NETWORK | WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION TRUST SELECT | $10,695.60 | ↑ +9% |
| WEA PROVIDER NETWORK | WEA TRUST PPP/TRUST PREFERRED | $10,695.60 | ↑ +9% |
| WEA PROVIDER NETWORK | WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION | $10,695.60 | ↑ +9% |
| HEALTH EOS | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTH EOS | $11,141.25 | ↑ +14% |
| NETWORK HEALTH PLAN | ALL COMMERICAL NETWORK HEALTH PLAN | $11,141.25 | ↑ +14% |
| HEALTHSMART | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSMART | $11,141.25 | ↑ +14% |
| TRIOLOGY | ALL COMMERCIAL TRIOLOGY | $11,735.45 | ↑ +20% |
| WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE | WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE | $11,884.00 | ↑ +21% |
| HEALTH CARE ALLIANCE | THE ALLIANCE | $12,478.20 | ↑ +27% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS | ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN | $12,478.20 | ↑ +27% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA CHOICE CARE PPO | $12,626.75 | ↑ +29% |
| CHOICECARE | ALL COMMERCIAL CHOICE CARE | $12,626.75 | ↑ +29% |
| NORTH CENTRAL HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE | NEHA | $13,666.60 | ↑ +39% |
| FIRST HEALTH | ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK | $14,112.25 | ↑ +44% |
| AETNA | ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA | $14,855.00 | ↑ +52% |
| COFINITY | COFINITY | $14,855.00 | ↑ +52% |
| LIVE360 | LIVE360 HSHS HEALTHY PLAN | $14,855.00 | ↑ +52% |
| CATERPILLAR, INC. | UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP | $14,855.00 | ↑ +52% |
| NAPHCARE | ALL COMMERICAL NAPHCARE | $15,966.53 | ↑ +63% |
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Repair of kneecap tendon at other Wisconsin hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $3,165.60 | $570.30 – $1,904.80 |
| Ascension Calumet Hospital, Inc. | Chilton | $799.14 | $654.24 – $1,289.15 |
| HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center | GREEN BAY | $9,804.30 | $1,383.03 – $15,942.51 |
| HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital | OCONTO FALLS | $11,784.30 | $5,078.99 – $7,413.38 |
| HSHS St. Vincent Hospital | Green Bay | $9,804.30 | $1,433.95 – $15,858.44 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Milwaukee | not published | $1,001.04 – $2,384.19 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | not published | $1,001.04 – $2,384.19 |
| Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC | Glendale | not published | $5,978.00 – $16,897.00 |