Caffeine citrate 20 mg/ml inj for po 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

$19.44

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.

$38.87

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.

$1.42 with Anthem vs $33.04 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
Anthem Blue Priority $1.42 ↓ -93%
Aetna HMO $1.43 ↓ -93%
Anthem Blue Preferred $1.70 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $2.28 ↓ -88%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $19.44 ↑ +0%
HS Technology Commercial $19.44 ↑ +0%
Centivo Commercial $19.44 ↑ +0%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $20.21 ↑ +4%
Quartz One Commercial $21.38 ↑ +10%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $21.38 ↑ +10%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $21.38 ↑ +10%
Trilogy Commercial $21.38 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare HMO $23.09 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Exchange $23.09 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Charter $23.09 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Nexus $23.09 ↑ +19%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $23.32 ↑ +20%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $23.32 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Exchange $23.32 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Envision $23.32 ↑ +20%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $23.32 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $23.32 ↑ +20%
Molina Exchange Commercial $23.32 ↑ +20%
Quartz Group Commercial $23.32 ↑ +20%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $25.27 ↑ +30%
HealthPartners Robin $29.15 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Broad $29.15 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $31.10 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $32.11 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $32.73 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $32.88 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $33.04 ↑ +70%

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Caffeine citrate 20 mg/ml inj for po 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 $3.42 $1.90 – $5.31
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $10.66 $4.64 – $4.64
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $10.39 $4.64 – $4.64
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $20.78 $0.95 – $3.49
Ascension NE Wisconsin - St. Elizabeth Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.) Appleton $5.23 $3.70 – $3.70
HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Green Bay $4.87 $1.24 – $3.35
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe not published $5.53 – $5.53
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon not published $5.48 – $5.48

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