Specimen fat stain at HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital
3100 SUPERIOR AVE, SHEBOYGAN, WI · Hshs · · NPI 1730184342
$31.68
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.
$48.00
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.
$5.88 with MEDICARE MANAGED vs $48.00 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.
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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| MEDICARE MANAGED | MANAGED MEDICARE NO SEQUESTRATION | $5.88 | ↓ -81% |
| MEDICA | MEDICA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.88 | ↓ -81% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTH CARE MEDICARE | $5.88 | ↓ -81% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA MEDICARE | $5.88 | ↓ -81% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.88 | ↓ -81% |
| AETNA | AETNA MEDICARE | $5.88 | ↓ -81% |
| ANTHEM | ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HMO | $5.88 | ↓ -81% |
| SECURITY HEALTH PLAN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SECURITY HEALTH PLAN OF WI | $5.94 | ↓ -81% |
| ANTHEM | ANTEHM MEDICAID | $6.08 | ↓ -81% |
| MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN | MERIDIAN HMO MCD | $6.08 | ↓ -81% |
| MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES | MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MEDICAID | $6.08 | ↓ -81% |
| CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED | CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED | $6.08 | ↓ -81% |
| COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE | COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE MEDICAID MANAGED | $6.08 | ↓ -81% |
| TRIOLOGY | TRILOGY MEDICAID | $6.44 | ↓ -80% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA MEDICAID | $6.44 | ↓ -80% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | ALL COMMERCIAL UNITED HEALTHCARE | $7.06 | ↓ -78% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $7.06 | ↓ -78% |
| PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK | PREVEA360 | $7.06 | ↓ -78% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC ONEIDA NATION | $7.06 | ↓ -78% |
| PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK | PREVEA EMPLOYEES | $7.64 | ↓ -76% |
| P360 SMALL GROUP | PREVEA 360 SMALL GROUP COMMERCIAL PLAN | $7.64 | ↓ -76% |
| PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK | PREVEA360 - NETWORK | $7.64 | ↓ -76% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA CHOICE CARE HMO | $10.00 | ↓ -68% |
| HUMANA | ALL COMMERCIAL HUMANA HPN CHOICECARE | $10.00 | ↓ -68% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA NATIIONAL POS HMO | $10.00 | ↓ -68% |
| NAPHCARE | ALL COMMERICAL NAPHCARE | $13.23 | ↓ -58% |
| ANTHEM | ANTHEM PPO | $20.58 | ↓ -35% |
| ANTHEM | ANTHEM POS/HMO | $20.58 | ↓ -35% |
| HSHS EMPLOYEES | HSHS EMPLOYEES | $23.33 | ↓ -26% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF WI | ALL COMMERICAL MOLINA MARKETPLACE | $24.00 | ↓ -24% |
| ARISE HEALTH PLAN | ALL COMMERCIAL ARISE HEALTH PLAN | $28.80 | ↓ -9% |
| WEA PROVIDER NETWORK | WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION PPP | $29.76 | ↓ -6% |
| SECURITY HEALTH PLAN | ALL COMMERCIAL SECURITY HEALTH PLAN BROAD NETWORK | $30.64 | ↓ -3% |
| INTERPLAN | ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP | $33.60 | ↑ +6% |
| CIGNA | ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA | $33.60 | ↑ +6% |
| WEA PROVIDER NETWORK | WEA TRUST PPP/TRUST PREFERRED | $34.56 | ↑ +9% |
| WEA PROVIDER NETWORK | WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION TRUST SELECT | $34.56 | ↑ +9% |
| WEA PROVIDER NETWORK | WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION | $34.56 | ↑ +9% |
| NETWORK HEALTH PLAN | ALL COMMERICAL NETWORK HEALTH PLAN | $36.00 | ↑ +14% |
| HEALTH EOS | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTH EOS | $36.00 | ↑ +14% |
| HEALTHSMART | ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSMART | $36.00 | ↑ +14% |
| TRIOLOGY | ALL COMMERCIAL TRIOLOGY | $37.92 | ↑ +20% |
| WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE | WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE | $38.40 | ↑ +21% |
| HEALTH CARE ALLIANCE | THE ALLIANCE | $40.32 | ↑ +27% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS | ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN | $40.32 | ↑ +27% |
| CHOICECARE | ALL COMMERCIAL CHOICE CARE | $40.80 | ↑ +29% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA CHOICE CARE PPO | $40.80 | ↑ +29% |
| NORTH CENTRAL HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE | NEHA | $44.16 | ↑ +39% |
| FIRST HEALTH | ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK | $45.60 | ↑ +44% |
| LIVE360 | LIVE360 HSHS HEALTHY PLAN | $48.00 | ↑ +52% |
| AETNA | ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA | $48.00 | ↑ +52% |
| CATERPILLAR, INC. | UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP | $48.00 | ↑ +52% |
| COFINITY | COFINITY | $48.00 | ↑ +52% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Specimen fat stain at other Wisconsin hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County | Sheboygan | $47.50 | $4.70 – $20.63 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $19.61 | $5.88 – $18.40 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville | Janesville | $47.85 | $4.41 – $34.31 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison | Madison | $49.50 | $4.41 – $35.12 |
| Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro | Milwaukee | $47.50 | $4.70 – $20.63 |
| Aurora Medical Center Summit | Summit | $47.50 | $4.70 – $20.63 |
| Aurora Baycare Medical Center | Green Bay | $47.50 | $4.70 – $20.63 |
| Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc | Two Rivers | $47.50 | $4.70 – $20.63 |