Alginate drsg >16 <=48 sq in 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

$28.68

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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.

$57.35

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.

$6.29 with Everpointe Elite vs $10.69 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
Everpointe Elite Commercial $6.29 ↓ -78%
HS Technology Commercial $6.29 ↓ -78%
Aetna HMO $6.72 ↓ -77%
Quartz One Commercial $6.92 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Exchange $7.47 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Charter $7.47 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare HMO $7.47 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Nexus $7.47 ↓ -74%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $7.55 ↓ -74%
Common Ground Envision $7.55 ↓ -74%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $7.55 ↓ -74%
Anthem Blue Priority $7.55 ↓ -74%
Quartz Group Commercial $7.55 ↓ -74%
Molina Exchange Commercial $7.55 ↓ -74%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $7.55 ↓ -74%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $7.55 ↓ -74%
Common Ground Exchange $7.55 ↓ -74%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $7.80 ↓ -73%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $8.18 ↓ -71%
Anthem Blue Preferred $8.18 ↓ -71%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $8.18 ↓ -71%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $8.18 ↓ -71%
Trilogy Commercial $8.81 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $9.44 ↓ -67%
HealthPartners Robin $9.44 ↓ -67%
HealthPartners Broad $9.44 ↓ -67%
Centivo Commercial $9.44 ↓ -67%
Health EOS PPO $10.06 ↓ -65%
Aetna PPO $10.39 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare PPO $10.59 ↓ -63%
Cigna PPO $10.64 ↓ -63%
Anthem PPO $10.69 ↓ -63%

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Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc Two Rivers $20.00 not published
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