Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) 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

$62.70

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.

$95.00

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.

$9.89 with MEDICARE MANAGED vs $95.00 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 $9.89 ↓ -84%
MEDICA MEDICA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.89 ↓ -84%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTH CARE MEDICARE $9.89 ↓ -84%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA MEDICARE $9.89 ↓ -84%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.89 ↓ -84%
AETNA AETNA MEDICARE $9.89 ↓ -84%
ANTHEM ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HMO $9.89 ↓ -84%
SECURITY HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SECURITY HEALTH PLAN OF WI $9.99 ↓ -84%
ANTHEM ANTEHM MEDICAID $10.22 ↓ -84%
MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN MERIDIAN HMO MCD $10.22 ↓ -84%
MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MEDICAID $10.22 ↓ -84%
CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED $10.22 ↓ -84%
COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE MEDICAID MANAGED $10.22 ↓ -84%
TRIOLOGY TRILOGY MEDICAID $10.83 ↓ -83%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA MEDICAID $10.83 ↓ -83%
UNITED HEALTHCARE ALL COMMERCIAL UNITED HEALTHCARE $11.87 ↓ -81%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $11.87 ↓ -81%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA360 $11.87 ↓ -81%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC ONEIDA NATION $11.87 ↓ -81%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA EMPLOYEES $12.86 ↓ -79%
P360 SMALL GROUP PREVEA 360 SMALL GROUP COMMERCIAL PLAN $12.86 ↓ -79%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA360 - NETWORK $12.86 ↓ -79%
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE HMO $16.81 ↓ -73%
HUMANA ALL COMMERCIAL HUMANA HPN CHOICECARE $16.81 ↓ -73%
HUMANA HUMANA NATIIONAL POS HMO $16.81 ↓ -73%
NAPHCARE ALL COMMERICAL NAPHCARE $22.25 ↓ -65%
ANTHEM ANTHEM PPO $34.62 ↓ -45%
ANTHEM ANTHEM POS/HMO $34.62 ↓ -45%
HSHS EMPLOYEES HSHS EMPLOYEES $46.17 ↓ -26%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF WI ALL COMMERICAL MOLINA MARKETPLACE $47.50 ↓ -24%
ARISE HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERCIAL ARISE HEALTH PLAN $57.00 ↓ -9%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION PPP $58.90 ↓ -6%
SECURITY HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERCIAL SECURITY HEALTH PLAN BROAD NETWORK $60.64 ↓ -3%
INTERPLAN ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP $66.50 ↑ +6%
CIGNA ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA $66.50 ↑ +6%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA TRUST PPP/TRUST PREFERRED $68.40 ↑ +9%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION TRUST SELECT $68.40 ↑ +9%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION $68.40 ↑ +9%
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERICAL NETWORK HEALTH PLAN $71.25 ↑ +14%
HEALTH EOS ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTH EOS $71.25 ↑ +14%
HEALTHSMART ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSMART $71.25 ↑ +14%
TRIOLOGY ALL COMMERCIAL TRIOLOGY $75.05 ↑ +20%
WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE $76.00 ↑ +21%
HEALTH CARE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $79.80 ↑ +27%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN $79.80 ↑ +27%
CHOICECARE ALL COMMERCIAL CHOICE CARE $80.75 ↑ +29%
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE PPO $80.75 ↑ +29%
NORTH CENTRAL HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE NEHA $87.40 ↑ +39%
FIRST HEALTH ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK $90.25 ↑ +44%
LIVE360 LIVE360 HSHS HEALTHY PLAN $95.00 ↑ +52%
AETNA ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA $95.00 ↑ +52%
CATERPILLAR, INC. UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP $95.00 ↑ +52%
COFINITY COFINITY $95.00 ↑ +52%

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Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County Sheboygan $70.00 $7.91 – $34.70
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $81.62 $9.89 – $43.55
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $81.62 $9.89 – $43.55
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $122.91 $5.93 – $47.93
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $37.95 $7.42 – $98.22
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $46.20 $7.42 – $78.57
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $31.90 $7.42 – $80.35
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $71.50 $9.89 – $17.31

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