Dcm pq ndl dsk sgl/mlt lv lmbr w/guide 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

$3,500.00

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.

$7,000.00

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.

$3,010.00 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 $3,010.00 ↓ -14%
HealthPartners Robin $4,060.00 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $4,200.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $5,250.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $5,600.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $5,782.00 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $5,894.00 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $5,922.00 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $5,950.00 ↑ +70%
Anthem Blue Priority $8,456.00 ↑ +142%
Aetna HMO $9,245.00 ↑ +164%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $9,631.00 ↑ +175%
Common Ground Exchange $9,631.00 ↑ +175%
Common Ground Envision $9,631.00 ↑ +175%
Quartz One Commercial $10,700.00 ↑ +206%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $10,760.00 ↑ +207%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $10,891.00 ↑ +211%
Anthem Blue Preferred $10,914.00 ↑ +212%
United Healthcare Exchange $11,511.00 ↑ +229%
United Healthcare Nexus $11,594.00 ↑ +231%
United Healthcare Charter $11,594.00 ↑ +231%
Molina Exchange Commercial $11,648.00 ↑ +233%
HS Technology Commercial $12,381.00 ↑ +254%
Quartz Group Commercial $12,520.00 ↑ +258%
United Healthcare HMO $12,631.00 ↑ +261%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $13,150.00 ↑ +276%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $13,417.00 ↑ +283%
Centivo Commercial $13,659.00 ↑ +290%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $14,123.00 ↑ +304%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $14,123.00 ↑ +304%
Trilogy Commercial $16,378.00 ↑ +368%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $23,500.00 ↑ +571%

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Dcm pq ndl dsk sgl/mlt lv lmbr w/guide 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 $12,344.23 $911.91 – $2,314.90
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $3,863.17 $2,099.95 – $2,099.95
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $3,863.17 $2,099.95 – $2,099.95
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $12,344.23 $911.91 – $2,314.90
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $9,521.08 $555.06 – $3,713.22
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $7,630.70 $1,475.17 – $9,811.00
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $3,500.00 not published
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $3,500.00 not published

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