Excision benign lesion trunk/arms/legs 1.1 - 2.0 cm at SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital

620 W Brown St, Waupun, WI · SSM Health · · NPI 1548248644

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,173.70

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.

$2,134.00

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.

$2,654.00 with BCBS vs $3,335.00 with BCBS — 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
BCBS Blue Preferred / Blue Preferred Plus HMO/POS $2,654.00 ↑ +126%
Centivo Broad(WI1) Other Commercial Plan $2,959.00 ↑ +152%
Centivo Value(WI3) Other Commercial Plan $2,959.00 ↑ +152%
Centivo Median(WI2) Other Commercial Plan $2,959.00 ↑ +152%
Network Health Plan HMO/POS $3,030.00 ↑ +158%
BCBS Blue Access PPO $3,335.00 ↑ +184%
BCBS Blue Traditional Traditional $3,335.00 ↑ +184%

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Excision benign lesion trunk/arms/legs 1.1 - 2.0 cm at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $106.53 $186.03 – $1,506.85
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $576.80 $36.11 – $357.48
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $851.40 $687.83 – $4,217.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $1,173.70 $2,654.00 – $3,030.00
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $1,173.70 $525.32 – $3,030.00
Ascension NE Wisconsin - St. Elizabeth Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.) Appleton $1,496.25 $122.41 – $1,420.44
Adventhealth Durand Durand $2,281.07 not published
Ascension Calumet Hospital, Inc. Chilton $424.65 $122.41 – $366.14

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