Electrolyte panel at Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro
945 N 12th St, Milwaukee, WI · Aurorahealthcare · · NPI 1861447179
$57.50
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.
$115.00
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.
$5.61 with United Healthcare vs $72.25 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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| United Healthcare | HMO | $5.61 | ↓ -90% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $5.61 | ↓ -90% |
| United Healthcare | Exchange | $5.61 | ↓ -90% |
| United Healthcare | Charter | $5.61 | ↓ -90% |
| Anthem | Blue Priority | $7.01 | ↓ -88% |
| Aurora Caregiver | Commercial | $7.01 | ↓ -88% |
| Anthem | Blue Preferred | $8.41 | ↓ -85% |
| Common Ground | Exchange | $14.72 | ↓ -74% |
| Common Ground | Employee Trust Fund | $14.72 | ↓ -74% |
| Centivo | Commercial | $15.32 | ↓ -73% |
| Common Ground | Envision | $15.32 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | HMO | $15.63 | ↓ -73% |
| Quartz One | Commercial | $17.53 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Payment Systems | Commercial | $17.53 | ↓ -70% |
| HealthPartners | Employee Trust Fund | $18.59 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina Exchange | Commercial | $19.35 | ↓ -66% |
| HS Technology | Commercial | $19.73 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | PPO-GPPO | $20.07 | ↓ -65% |
| Quartz Group | Commercial | $20.33 | ↓ -65% |
| Everpointe Elite | Commercial | $20.72 | ↓ -64% |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Aurora Featured | $22.71 | ↓ -61% |
| HealthPartners | Robin | $23.79 | ↓ -59% |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Statewide | $23.90 | ↓ -58% |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Arise | $23.90 | ↓ -58% |
| Trilogy | Commercial | $24.60 | ↓ -57% |
| Health EOS Plus | Commercial | $51.00 | ↓ -11% |
| HealthPartners | Broad | $63.75 | ↑ +11% |
| Health EOS | PPO | $68.00 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | PPO | $70.21 | ↑ +22% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $71.57 | ↑ +24% |
| Cigna | PPO | $71.91 | ↑ +25% |
| Anthem | PPO | $72.25 | ↑ +26% |
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Electrolyte panel at other Wisconsin hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Milwaukee | $74.73 | $7.01 – $30.95 |
| Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. | Milwaukee | $41.87 | $7.01 – $31.88 |
| Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus | Milwaukee | $41.87 | $7.01 – $31.88 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $74.73 | $7.01 – $30.95 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $121.76 | $4.21 – $47.48 |
| Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC | Glendale | $37.10 | $6.80 – $12.56 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo | Baraboo | $102.85 | $5.26 – $69.69 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville | Janesville | $100.65 | $5.26 – $55.73 |