Clip ligating vesolock lg 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

$9,657.20

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.

$19,314.40

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.

$380.32 with Aetna vs $665.17 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 $380.32 ↓ -96%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $391.28 ↓ -96%
HS Technology Commercial $391.28 ↓ -96%
Quartz One Commercial $430.40 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Exchange $464.83 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Charter $464.83 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare HMO $464.83 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Nexus $464.83 ↓ -95%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $469.53 ↓ -95%
Common Ground Envision $469.53 ↓ -95%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $469.53 ↓ -95%
Anthem Blue Priority $469.53 ↓ -95%
Quartz Group Commercial $469.53 ↓ -95%
Molina Exchange Commercial $469.53 ↓ -95%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $469.53 ↓ -95%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $469.53 ↓ -95%
Common Ground Exchange $469.53 ↓ -95%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $485.18 ↓ -95%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $508.66 ↓ -95%
Anthem Blue Preferred $508.66 ↓ -95%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $508.66 ↓ -95%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $508.66 ↓ -95%
Trilogy Commercial $547.79 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $586.91 ↓ -94%
HealthPartners Robin $586.91 ↓ -94%
HealthPartners Broad $586.91 ↓ -94%
Centivo Commercial $586.91 ↓ -94%
Health EOS PPO $626.04 ↓ -94%
Aetna PPO $646.39 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare PPO $658.91 ↓ -93%
Cigna PPO $662.04 ↓ -93%
Anthem PPO $665.17 ↓ -93%

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