Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro

945 N 12th St, Milwaukee, WI · Aurorahealthcare · · NPI 1861447179

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Nov 21, 2025 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$171.35

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.

$342.69

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.

$53.08 with Aurora Caregiver vs $241.66 with Anthem — 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
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $53.08 ↓ -69%
Anthem Blue Priority $53.08 ↓ -69%
Aetna HMO $54.67 ↓ -68%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $61.94 ↓ -64%
Anthem Blue Preferred $63.70 ↓ -63%
HealthPartners Robin $64.78 ↓ -62%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $68.85 ↓ -60%
Common Ground Envision $69.58 ↓ -59%
Centivo Commercial $69.58 ↓ -59%
Quartz One Commercial $71.65 ↓ -58%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $71.65 ↓ -58%
Common Ground Exchange $72.72 ↓ -58%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $72.72 ↓ -58%
Quartz Group Commercial $82.27 ↓ -52%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $83.82 ↓ -51%
Molina Exchange Commercial $129.51 ↓ -24%
HS Technology Commercial $142.15 ↓ -17%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $147.84 ↓ -14%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $156.37 ↓ -9%
Trilogy Commercial $156.37 ↓ -9%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $156.37 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Charter $168.87 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare Nexus $168.87 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare Exchange $168.87 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare HMO $168.87 ↓ -1%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $170.58 ↓ -0%
HealthPartners Broad $213.23 ↑ +24%
Health EOS PPO $227.44 ↑ +33%
Aetna PPO $234.83 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare PPO $239.38 ↑ +40%
Cigna PPO $240.52 ↑ +40%
Anthem PPO $241.66 ↑ +41%

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Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $110.53 $69.00 – $140.00
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $110.53 $65.08 – $140.00
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $110.53 $65.08 – $140.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $110.53 $69.00 – $140.00
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $162.56 $37.06 – $136.96
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $136.85 $53.08 – $129.51
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $97.78 $53.08 – $129.51
Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc Two Rivers $91.24 $53.08 – $129.51

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