Boot j walker l 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

$195.00

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.

$390.00

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.

$36.94 with Aetna vs $64.61 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
Aetna HMO $36.94 ↓ -81%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $38.01 ↓ -81%
HS Technology Commercial $38.01 ↓ -81%
Quartz One Commercial $41.81 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Exchange $45.15 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Charter $45.15 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare HMO $45.15 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Nexus $45.15 ↓ -77%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $45.61 ↓ -77%
Common Ground Envision $45.61 ↓ -77%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $45.61 ↓ -77%
Anthem Blue Priority $45.61 ↓ -77%
Quartz Group Commercial $45.61 ↓ -77%
Molina Exchange Commercial $45.61 ↓ -77%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $45.61 ↓ -77%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $45.61 ↓ -77%
Common Ground Exchange $45.61 ↓ -77%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $47.13 ↓ -76%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $49.41 ↓ -75%
Anthem Blue Preferred $49.41 ↓ -75%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $49.41 ↓ -75%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $49.41 ↓ -75%
Trilogy Commercial $53.21 ↓ -73%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $57.01 ↓ -71%
HealthPartners Robin $57.01 ↓ -71%
HealthPartners Broad $57.01 ↓ -71%
Centivo Commercial $57.01 ↓ -71%
Health EOS PPO $60.81 ↓ -69%
Aetna PPO $62.78 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare PPO $64.00 ↓ -67%
Cigna PPO $64.30 ↓ -67%
Anthem PPO $64.61 ↓ -67%

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