Ascenda two piece catheter 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

$31,080.00

Cash price

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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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$62,160.00

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.

$22,208.26 with Aetna vs $38,841.60 with Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Aetna HMO $22,208.26 ↓ -29%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $22,848.00 ↓ -26%
HS Technology Commercial $22,848.00 ↓ -26%
Quartz One Commercial $25,132.80 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Exchange $27,143.42 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Charter $27,143.42 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare HMO $27,143.42 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Nexus $27,143.42 ↓ -13%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $27,417.60 ↓ -12%
Common Ground Envision $27,417.60 ↓ -12%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $27,417.60 ↓ -12%
Anthem Blue Priority $27,417.60 ↓ -12%
Quartz Group Commercial $27,417.60 ↓ -12%
Molina Exchange Commercial $27,417.60 ↓ -12%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $27,417.60 ↓ -12%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $27,417.60 ↓ -12%
Common Ground Exchange $27,417.60 ↓ -12%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $28,331.52 ↓ -9%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $29,702.40 ↓ -4%
Anthem Blue Preferred $29,702.40 ↓ -4%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $29,702.40 ↓ -4%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $29,702.40 ↓ -4%
Trilogy Commercial $31,987.20 ↑ +3%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $34,272.00 ↑ +10%
HealthPartners Robin $34,272.00 ↑ +10%
HealthPartners Broad $34,272.00 ↑ +10%
Centivo Commercial $34,272.00 ↑ +10%
Health EOS PPO $36,556.80 ↑ +18%
Aetna PPO $37,744.90 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare PPO $38,476.03 ↑ +24%
Cigna PPO $38,658.82 ↑ +24%
Anthem PPO $38,841.60 ↑ +25%

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Ascenda two piece catheter at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $16,744.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette $18,312.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $16,016.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Kenosha Kenosha $22,176.00 not published

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