Insertion single tranvenous electrode/ppm/implantable defibrillator at SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital
620 W Brown St, Waupun, WI · SSM Health · · NPI 1548248644
$6,231.50
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.
$11,330.00
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.
$7,609.00 with BCBS vs $18,364.00 with Centivo — 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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| BCBS | Blue Preferred / Blue Preferred Plus HMO/POS | $7,609.00 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS | Blue Access PPO | $9,356.00 | ↑ +50% |
| BCBS | Blue Traditional Traditional | $9,356.00 | ↑ +50% |
| Network Health Plan | HMO/POS | $17,314.00 | ↑ +178% |
| Centivo | Median(WI2) Other Commercial Plan | $18,364.00 | ↑ +195% |
| Centivo | Broad(WI1) Other Commercial Plan | $18,364.00 | ↑ +195% |
| Centivo | Value(WI3) Other Commercial Plan | $18,364.00 | ↑ +195% |
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Insertion single tranvenous electrode/ppm/implantable defibrillator at other Wisconsin hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Milwaukee | $6,800.96 | $574.04 – $1,441.60 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $6,800.96 | $574.04 – $1,441.60 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $28,698.88 | $323.43 – $11,192.56 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison | Madison | $5,464.80 | $6,028.62 – $20,778.00 |
| SSM Health Monroe Hospital | Monroe | $9,111.30 | $8,038.15 – $17,116.00 |
| SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital | Ripon | $6,231.50 | $7,609.00 – $18,364.00 |
| SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac | Fond Du Lac | $6,231.50 | $6,138.95 – $18,364.00 |
| Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital | Franklin | $6,991.76 | $1,378.91 – $1,378.91 |