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Ascension is dedicated to delivering compassionate, personalized care. And we want to help you get the information you need to make health choices for you and your family.

This easy-to-use price estimator can be a guide to help you plan for the costs of healthcare services, including treatment, tests, and procedures.

If you need a healthcare service, having an idea of what it may cost is important. This easy-to-use price estimator can help you get a better understanding of your out-of-pocket costs. Start by putting in some simple information about the service, your insurance and the Ascension hospital location. Then, insert your deductible, coinsurance, and out-of-pocket maximum amounts, if you have it. You’ll receive a breakdown of the estimated costs for the care you seek.

You can use Ascension’s price estimator below to get pricing information for commonly purchased healthcare services. If a service is not offered at your preferred Ascension hospital, please expand your search to include other nearby Ascension hospitals. If Ascension’s price estimator does not provide pricing information for the care you need, talk with a customer service representative at 833-999-1089.

If you do not have insurance or do not intend to file a claim with your insurance, you have the right to receive a good faith estimate for the total expected costs of any non-emergency, healthcare services you seek. For more information regarding your right to receive a good faith estimate, click here.

When you get emergency care or get care from an out-of-network provider at an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center, you are protected from surprise billing or balance billing. For more information regarding your rights, visit Your Rights and Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills.

Ascension is committed to helping find assistance for those who do not have insurance sufficient to cover their healthcare costs and to working with our patients. We may be able to help you through our financial partnerships and resources. We can also provide additional information about self-pay discounts, financial assistance policy and additional payment plan options. For more information, please visit Financial Assistance.

Price Transparency Machine Readable Files

To download an Ascension hospital's machine-readable pricing file, please click the state below and then click the name of the applicable hospital below. Patients are encouraged to use Ascension's easy-to-use price estimator, available above, to obtain pricing information for commonly purchased healthcare services. If a service is not offered at your Ascension hospital of choice, please select another nearby Ascension hospital. If Ascension's price estimator does not provide pricing information for the care you need, the information may be available in the machine-readable pricing files below, or you may contact a customer service representative at 833-999-1089.

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In using Ascension’s pricing files available below, you need to be aware of certain important information, so please read the below information carefully.

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Definitions and additional information

If you have insurance coverage, your financial responsibility is determined by the contract between the hospital and your insurance company, and the specific coinsurance, and deductible obligations you have under your insurance policy. Below are brief descriptions of some of the key terms used in Ascension’s pricing files and in estimates generated using Ascension's price estimator.

  1. “Copayment/Copay” is a specific dollar amount you pay to receive services such as office visits. This amount is owed regardless of your deductible or out-of-pocket maximum.
  2. “Deductible” is the amount you pay each year before your health insurance plan begins paying claims. Copays are not included in your deductible.
  3. “Coinsurance” is the amount (usually a percentage of the in-network rate) you are responsible to pay after you have met your deductible.
  4. “Out-of-Pocket Maximum” is the maximum dollar amount you will pay per year before the plan begins paying covered expenses at 100%.
  5. “In-Network Rate” is the rate the applicable hospital has negotiated with the health insurance plan you selected.
  6. “Out-of-Network Rate” is the allowed amount of reimbursement the health insurance plan you selected allows for the applicable hospital when the hospital is not a participating provider with the health insurance plan you selected.
  7. “Estimated Insurance Coverage” is the estimated amount of the in-network or out-of-network rate that will be paid by your health insurance plan.
  8. "Your Estimated Price” is the estimated amount of the in-network or out-of-network rate for which you will be personally responsible for paying.
  9. “Minimum Negotiated Plan Price” is the lowest rate the applicable hospital has negotiated with all health insurance plans for the applicable service.
  10. “Maximum Negotiated Plan Price” is the highest rate the applicable hospital has negotiated with all health insurance plans for the applicable service.
  11. “Self-Pay Price” is the rate the applicable hospital charges patients who do not have insurance.
  12. “Gross Charge” is the charge for an individual item or service that is reflected on the hospital's chargemaster, absent any discounts.
  13. “Discounted Cash Price” is the charge that applies to an individual who pays cash (or cash equivalent) for a hospital item or service.
  14. “Insurance Plan Rate” is the rate the hospital has negotiated with the applicable health insurance plan.
  15. “De-Identified Maximum Negotiated Charge” is the highest charge that a hospital has negotiated with all insurance providers for an item or service.
  16. “De-Identified Minimum Negotiated Charge” is the lowest charge that a hospital has negotiated with all insurance providers for an item or service.

Compliance with price transparency rules

Ascension's easy-to-use price estimator is intended to comply with the CMS price transparency rules set forth at 45 C.F.R. § 180.60. To access payer-specific negotiated rates, please select the applicable insurance payer and plan in this price estimator. To access the discounted cash prices, please select the "Proceed Without Insurance" option under the insurance payer drop-down menu. The minimum and maximum payer negotiated rates are included in all estimates generated using Ascension's price estimator. The machine-readable price transparency files are intended to comply with the CMS price transparency rules at 45 C.F.R. § 180.50.

Other terms

Ascension’s Terms of Use apply to Ascension’s price estimator and machine-readable files and your use thereof, except to the extent prohibited by law. As noted in the Terms of Use, you may have a registered account with Ascension, but no account or personal information is needed to use Ascension’s price estimator or machine-readable files.