Dextrose 5 % and lactated ringers intravenous solution 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

$106.83

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$213.65

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.

$7.66 with Aetna vs $82.67 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 $7.66 ↓ -93%
Anthem Blue Priority $7.98 ↓ -93%
Anthem Blue Preferred $9.58 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $12.21 ↓ -89%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $48.63 ↓ -54%
HS Technology Commercial $48.63 ↓ -54%
Centivo Commercial $48.63 ↓ -54%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $50.58 ↓ -53%
Quartz One Commercial $53.49 ↓ -50%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $53.49 ↓ -50%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $53.49 ↓ -50%
Trilogy Commercial $53.49 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare HMO $57.77 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Exchange $57.77 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Charter $57.77 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Nexus $57.77 ↓ -46%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $58.36 ↓ -45%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $58.36 ↓ -45%
Common Ground Exchange $58.36 ↓ -45%
Common Ground Envision $58.36 ↓ -45%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $58.36 ↓ -45%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $58.36 ↓ -45%
Molina Exchange Commercial $58.36 ↓ -45%
Quartz Group Commercial $58.36 ↓ -45%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $63.22 ↓ -41%
HealthPartners Robin $72.95 ↓ -32%
HealthPartners Broad $72.95 ↓ -32%
Health EOS PPO $77.81 ↓ -27%
Aetna PPO $80.34 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare PPO $81.89 ↓ -23%
Cigna PPO $82.28 ↓ -23%
Anthem PPO $82.67 ↓ -23%

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Dextrose 5 % and lactated ringers intravenous solution at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $48.00 $5.68 – $51.00
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $71.95 $7.66 – $12.21
Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis $75.00 $7.66 – $12.21
Aurora Medical Center Washington County Hartford $67.62 $7.66 – $12.21
Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $73.65 $7.66 – $12.21
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County Sheboygan $81.15 $7.66 – $12.21
Aurora Medical Center Grafton Grafton $81.81 $7.66 – $12.21
Aurora Medical Center Kenosha Kenosha $76.83 $7.66 – $12.21

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