Smear special stain inclusion bodies/parasites 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

$129.36

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.

$196.00

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.

$5.99 with MEDICARE MANAGED vs $99.00 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 $5.99 ↓ -95%
MEDICA MEDICA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.99 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTH CARE MEDICARE $5.99 ↓ -95%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA MEDICARE $5.99 ↓ -95%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.99 ↓ -95%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $5.99 ↓ -95%
ANTHEM ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HMO $5.99 ↓ -95%
SECURITY HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SECURITY HEALTH PLAN OF WI $6.05 ↓ -95%
ANTHEM ANTEHM MEDICAID $6.19 ↓ -95%
MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN MERIDIAN HMO MCD $6.19 ↓ -95%
MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MEDICAID $6.19 ↓ -95%
CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED $6.19 ↓ -95%
COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE MEDICAID MANAGED $6.19 ↓ -95%
TRIOLOGY TRILOGY MEDICAID $6.56 ↓ -95%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA MEDICAID $6.56 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE ALL COMMERCIAL UNITED HEALTHCARE $7.19 ↓ -94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $7.19 ↓ -94%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA360 $7.19 ↓ -94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC ONEIDA NATION $7.19 ↓ -94%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA EMPLOYEES $7.79 ↓ -94%
P360 SMALL GROUP PREVEA 360 SMALL GROUP COMMERCIAL PLAN $7.79 ↓ -94%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA360 - NETWORK $7.79 ↓ -94%
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE HMO $10.18 ↓ -92%
HUMANA ALL COMMERCIAL HUMANA HPN CHOICECARE $10.18 ↓ -92%
HUMANA HUMANA NATIIONAL POS HMO $10.18 ↓ -92%
NAPHCARE ALL COMMERICAL NAPHCARE $13.48 ↓ -90%
ANTHEM ANTHEM PPO $20.97 ↓ -84%
ANTHEM ANTHEM POS/HMO $20.97 ↓ -84%
HSHS EMPLOYEES HSHS EMPLOYEES $48.11 ↓ -63%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF WI ALL COMMERICAL MOLINA MARKETPLACE $49.50 ↓ -62%
ARISE HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERCIAL ARISE HEALTH PLAN $59.40 ↓ -54%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION PPP $61.38 ↓ -53%
SECURITY HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERCIAL SECURITY HEALTH PLAN BROAD NETWORK $63.19 ↓ -51%
INTERPLAN ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP $69.30 ↓ -46%
CIGNA ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA $69.30 ↓ -46%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA TRUST PPP/TRUST PREFERRED $71.28 ↓ -45%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION TRUST SELECT $71.28 ↓ -45%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION $71.28 ↓ -45%
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERICAL NETWORK HEALTH PLAN $74.25 ↓ -43%
HEALTH EOS ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTH EOS $74.25 ↓ -43%
HEALTHSMART ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSMART $74.25 ↓ -43%
TRIOLOGY ALL COMMERCIAL TRIOLOGY $78.21 ↓ -40%
WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE $79.20 ↓ -39%
HEALTH CARE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $83.16 ↓ -36%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN $83.16 ↓ -36%
CHOICECARE ALL COMMERCIAL CHOICE CARE $84.15 ↓ -35%
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE PPO $84.15 ↓ -35%
NORTH CENTRAL HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE NEHA $91.08 ↓ -30%
FIRST HEALTH ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK $94.05 ↓ -27%
LIVE360 LIVE360 HSHS HEALTHY PLAN $99.00 ↓ -23%
AETNA ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA $99.00 ↓ -23%
CATERPILLAR, INC. UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP $99.00 ↓ -23%
COFINITY COFINITY $99.00 ↓ -23%

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