Echo transesophageal intraop 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

$1,855.00

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.

$3,710.00

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.

$1,750.00 with Everpointe Elite vs $2,975.00 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 $1,750.00 ↓ -6%
HS Technology Commercial $1,750.00 ↓ -6%
Aetna HMO $1,869.00 ↑ +1%
Quartz One Commercial $1,925.00 ↑ +4%
Molina Exchange Commercial $2,069.00 ↑ +12%
Common Ground Exchange $2,100.00 ↑ +13%
Common Ground Envision $2,100.00 ↑ +13%
Quartz Group Commercial $2,100.00 ↑ +13%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $2,100.00 ↑ +13%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $2,100.00 ↑ +13%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $2,100.00 ↑ +13%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $2,100.00 ↑ +13%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $2,170.00 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Exchange $2,201.00 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,217.00 ↑ +20%
United Healthcare Charter $2,217.00 ↑ +20%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $2,275.00 ↑ +23%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $2,275.00 ↑ +23%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $2,275.00 ↑ +23%
Anthem Blue Priority $2,295.00 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare HMO $2,415.00 ↑ +30%
Trilogy Commercial $2,450.00 ↑ +32%
HealthPartners Robin $2,625.00 ↑ +42%
HealthPartners Broad $2,625.00 ↑ +42%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $2,625.00 ↑ +42%
Centivo Commercial $2,625.00 ↑ +42%
Health EOS PPO $2,800.00 ↑ +51%
Aetna PPO $2,891.00 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare PPO $2,947.00 ↑ +59%
Anthem Blue Preferred $2,958.00 ↑ +59%
Cigna PPO $2,961.00 ↑ +60%
Anthem PPO $2,975.00 ↑ +60%

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Echo transesophageal intraop 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 $2,029.90 $165.43 – $1,174.27
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $1,520.04 $378.18 – $745.37
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $1,520.04 $378.18 – $745.37
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $2,029.90 $165.43 – $1,174.27
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $2,380.93 $92.82 – $928.56
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $2,308.90 $398.06 – $530.75
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $922.90 $530.75 – $530.75
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $843.70 not published

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