Cutter lead 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

$5,070.88

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.

$10,141.75

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.

$587.13 with Everpointe Elite vs $998.11 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
Everpointe Elite Commercial $587.13 ↓ -88%
HS Technology Commercial $587.13 ↓ -88%
Aetna HMO $627.05 ↓ -88%
Quartz One Commercial $645.84 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Exchange $697.50 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Charter $697.50 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare HMO $697.50 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Nexus $697.50 ↓ -86%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $704.55 ↓ -86%
Common Ground Envision $704.55 ↓ -86%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $704.55 ↓ -86%
Anthem Blue Priority $704.55 ↓ -86%
Quartz Group Commercial $704.55 ↓ -86%
Molina Exchange Commercial $704.55 ↓ -86%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $704.55 ↓ -86%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $704.55 ↓ -86%
Common Ground Exchange $704.55 ↓ -86%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $728.04 ↓ -86%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $763.26 ↓ -85%
Anthem Blue Preferred $763.26 ↓ -85%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $763.26 ↓ -85%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $763.26 ↓ -85%
Trilogy Commercial $821.98 ↓ -84%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $880.69 ↓ -83%
HealthPartners Robin $880.69 ↓ -83%
HealthPartners Broad $880.69 ↓ -83%
Centivo Commercial $880.69 ↓ -83%
Health EOS PPO $939.40 ↓ -81%
Aetna PPO $969.93 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare PPO $988.72 ↓ -81%
Cigna PPO $993.42 ↓ -80%
Anthem PPO $998.11 ↓ -80%

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