Cath groshong MRI 8fr plstc port 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

$1,765.63

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.

$3,531.25

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.

$561.23 with Aetna vs $981.57 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 $561.23 ↓ -68%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $577.40 ↓ -67%
HS Technology Commercial $577.40 ↓ -67%
Quartz One Commercial $635.13 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Exchange $685.95 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Charter $685.95 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare HMO $685.95 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Nexus $685.95 ↓ -61%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $692.87 ↓ -61%
Common Ground Envision $692.87 ↓ -61%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $692.87 ↓ -61%
Anthem Blue Priority $692.87 ↓ -61%
Quartz Group Commercial $692.87 ↓ -61%
Molina Exchange Commercial $692.87 ↓ -61%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $692.87 ↓ -61%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $692.87 ↓ -61%
Common Ground Exchange $692.87 ↓ -61%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $715.97 ↓ -59%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $750.61 ↓ -57%
Anthem Blue Preferred $750.61 ↓ -57%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $750.61 ↓ -57%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $750.61 ↓ -57%
Trilogy Commercial $808.35 ↓ -54%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $866.09 ↓ -51%
HealthPartners Robin $866.09 ↓ -51%
HealthPartners Broad $866.09 ↓ -51%
Centivo Commercial $866.09 ↓ -51%
Health EOS PPO $923.83 ↓ -48%
Aetna PPO $953.86 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare PPO $972.33 ↓ -45%
Cigna PPO $976.95 ↓ -45%
Anthem PPO $981.57 ↓ -44%

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Cath groshong MRI 8fr plstc port at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $1,526.84 $190.22 – $785.69
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $1,106.29 not published
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $708.32 not published
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $708.12 not published
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $405.00 not published
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $537.61 not published
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $537.61 not published
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $537.61 not published

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