Bronch thermoplsty 2/> lobes 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

$6,085.00

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.

$12,170.00

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.

$5,233.10 with HealthPartners vs $23,500.00 with Cigna — 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 $5,233.10 ↓ -14%
Anthem Blue Priority $5,692.00 ↓ -6%
Aetna HMO $6,461.00 ↑ +6%
HealthPartners Robin $7,058.60 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $7,302.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem Blue Preferred $7,344.00 ↑ +21%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $8,181.00 ↑ +34%
Common Ground Exchange $8,181.00 ↑ +34%
Common Ground Envision $8,181.00 ↑ +34%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $8,450.00 ↑ +39%
Quartz One Commercial $8,690.00 ↑ +43%
HealthPartners Broad $9,127.50 ↑ +50%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $9,244.00 ↑ +52%
Health EOS PPO $9,736.00 ↑ +60%
HS Technology Commercial $10,017.00 ↑ +65%
Aetna PPO $10,052.42 ↑ +65%
Quartz Group Commercial $10,170.00 ↑ +67%
United Healthcare PPO $10,247.14 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $10,295.82 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $10,344.50 ↑ +70%
Molina Exchange Commercial $10,418.00 ↑ +71%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $11,451.00 ↑ +88%
Centivo Commercial $11,473.00 ↑ +89%
United Healthcare Exchange $11,511.00 ↑ +89%
United Healthcare Charter $11,594.00 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare Nexus $11,594.00 ↑ +91%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $12,054.00 ↑ +98%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $12,054.00 ↑ +98%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $12,100.00 ↑ +99%
United Healthcare HMO $12,631.00 ↑ +108%
Trilogy Commercial $13,453.00 ↑ +121%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $23,500.00 ↑ +286%

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Bronch thermoplsty 2/> lobes 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 $319.40 – $837.88
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee not published $818.51 – $818.51
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee not published $818.51 – $818.51
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $3,959.45 $5,141.35 – $17,504.00
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $6,085.00 not published
HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center GREEN BAY $7,995.24 $1,614.34 – $15,505.83
HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Green Bay $7,995.24 $1,673.77 – $15,424.06
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon not published $319.40 – $837.88

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