Dextrose 5 % and 0.9 % sodium chloride intravenous solution at Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro
945 N 12th St, Milwaukee, WI · Aurorahealthcare · · NPI 1861447179
$40.73
Cash price 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.
$81.45
Gross charge 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.
$1.14 with Aurora Caregiver vs $69.23 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aurora Caregiver | Commercial | $1.14 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | HMO | $1.21 | ↓ -97% |
| Anthem | Blue Priority | $1.25 | ↓ -97% |
| HealthPartners | Employee Trust Fund | $1.37 | ↓ -97% |
| HealthPartners | Robin | $1.44 | ↓ -96% |
| Anthem | Blue Preferred | $1.50 | ↓ -96% |
| Common Ground | Envision | $1.54 | ↓ -96% |
| Centivo | Commercial | $1.54 | ↓ -96% |
| Common Ground | Employee Trust Fund | $1.56 | ↓ -96% |
| Common Ground | Exchange | $1.56 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Payment Systems | Commercial | $1.59 | ↓ -96% |
| Quartz One | Commercial | $1.59 | ↓ -96% |
| Everpointe Elite | Commercial | $1.60 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | PPO-GPPO | $1.77 | ↓ -96% |
| Quartz Group | Commercial | $1.83 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina Exchange | Commercial | $2.87 | ↓ -93% |
| HS Technology | Commercial | $40.73 | ↑ +0% |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Aurora Featured | $42.35 | ↑ +4% |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Statewide | $44.80 | ↑ +10% |
| Trilogy | Commercial | $44.80 | ↑ +10% |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Arise | $44.80 | ↑ +10% |
| United Healthcare | Charter | $48.38 | ↑ +19% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $48.38 | ↑ +19% |
| United Healthcare | Exchange | $48.38 | ↑ +19% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $48.38 | ↑ +19% |
| Health EOS Plus | Commercial | $48.87 | ↑ +20% |
| HealthPartners | Broad | $61.09 | ↑ +50% |
| Health EOS | PPO | $65.16 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | PPO | $67.28 | ↑ +65% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $68.58 | ↑ +68% |
| Cigna | PPO | $68.91 | ↑ +69% |
| Anthem | PPO | $69.23 | ↑ +70% |
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Dextrose 5 % and 0.9 % sodium chloride intravenous solution at other Wisconsin hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $48.00 | $1.16 – $19.55 |
| Aurora Medical Center Summit | Summit | $35.57 | $1.14 – $2.87 |
| Aurora West Allis Medical Center | West Allis | $70.07 | $1.14 – $2.87 |
| Aurora Medical Center Burlington | Burlington | $31.83 | $1.14 – $2.87 |
| Aurora Medical Center Washington County | Hartford | $30.85 | $1.14 – $2.87 |
| Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac | Fond Du Lac | $34.60 | $1.14 – $2.87 |
| Aurora Medical Center Grafton | Grafton | $40.46 | $1.14 – $2.87 |
| Aurora Medical Center Kenosha | Kenosha | $38.08 | $1.14 – $2.87 |