Cholangiogram percutaneous compl 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

$1,885.00

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.

$3,770.00

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.

$1,621.10 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 $1,621.10 ↓ -14%
HealthPartners Robin $2,186.60 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $2,262.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $2,827.50 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $3,016.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $3,114.02 ↑ +65%
Aetna HMO $3,119.00 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $3,174.34 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $3,189.42 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $3,204.50 ↑ +70%
Anthem Blue Priority $5,692.00 ↑ +202%
Anthem Blue Preferred $7,344.00 ↑ +290%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $8,181.00 ↑ +334%
Common Ground Exchange $8,181.00 ↑ +334%
Common Ground Envision $8,181.00 ↑ +334%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $8,450.00 ↑ +348%
Quartz One Commercial $8,690.00 ↑ +361%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $9,244.00 ↑ +390%
HS Technology Commercial $10,017.00 ↑ +431%
Quartz Group Commercial $10,170.00 ↑ +440%
Molina Exchange Commercial $10,418.00 ↑ +453%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $11,451.00 ↑ +507%
Centivo Commercial $11,473.00 ↑ +509%
United Healthcare Exchange $11,511.00 ↑ +511%
United Healthcare Charter $11,594.00 ↑ +515%
United Healthcare Nexus $11,594.00 ↑ +515%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $12,054.00 ↑ +539%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $12,054.00 ↑ +539%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $12,100.00 ↑ +542%
United Healthcare HMO $12,631.00 ↑ +570%
Trilogy Commercial $13,453.00 ↑ +614%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $23,500.00 ↑ +1147%

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Cholangiogram percutaneous compl 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 $2,802.64 $332.15 – $3,384.71
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $2,341.01 $2,967.40 – $2,967.40
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $2,341.01 $2,967.40 – $2,967.40
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $2,802.64 $332.15 – $3,384.71
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $5,277.99 $188.22 – $2,190.36
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $2,699.40 $2,704.78 – $10,498.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $2,403.50 $2,608.32 – $9,052.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $3,005.75 $3,477.76 – $10,137.00

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