Biopsy vaginal mucosa xtnsv 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

$377.50

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.

$755.00

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.

$324.65 with HealthPartners vs $8,773.00 with Trilogy — 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
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $324.65 ↓ -14%
HealthPartners Robin $437.90 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $453.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $566.25 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $604.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $623.63 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $635.71 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $638.73 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $641.75 ↑ +70%
Aetna HMO $3,119.00 ↑ +726%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $5,508.00 ↑ +1359%
Anthem Blue Priority $5,692.00 ↑ +1408%
Molina Exchange Commercial $5,889.00 ↑ +1460%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $5,951.00 ↑ +1476%
Common Ground Exchange $5,951.00 ↑ +1476%
Common Ground Envision $5,951.00 ↑ +1476%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $6,490.00 ↑ +1619%
Quartz One Commercial $6,690.00 ↑ +1672%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $6,800.00 ↑ +1701%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $6,850.00 ↑ +1715%
Anthem Blue Preferred $7,344.00 ↑ +1845%
United Healthcare Exchange $7,640.00 ↑ +1924%
Centivo Commercial $7,649.00 ↑ +1926%
HS Technology Commercial $7,653.00 ↑ +1927%
United Healthcare Nexus $7,696.00 ↑ +1939%
United Healthcare Charter $7,696.00 ↑ +1939%
Quartz Group Commercial $7,830.00 ↑ +1974%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $7,880.00 ↑ +1987%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $8,295.00 ↑ +2097%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $8,295.00 ↑ +2097%
United Healthcare HMO $8,384.00 ↑ +2121%
Trilogy Commercial $8,773.00 ↑ +2224%

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Biopsy vaginal mucosa xtnsv 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 not published $236.47 – $628.41
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee not published $492.14 – $492.14
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee not published $492.14 – $492.14
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon not published $236.47 – $628.41
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $133.57 – $446.12
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $1,549.00 – $16,897.00
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SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $2,445.46 – $6,798.00

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