Foam drg > 48 sq in w/border 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

$42.50

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.

$85.00

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.

$24.81 with Everpointe Elite vs $42.18 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 $24.81 ↓ -42%
HS Technology Commercial $24.81 ↓ -42%
Aetna HMO $26.50 ↓ -38%
Quartz One Commercial $27.29 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Exchange $29.47 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Charter $29.47 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare HMO $29.47 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Nexus $29.47 ↓ -31%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $29.77 ↓ -30%
Common Ground Envision $29.77 ↓ -30%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $29.77 ↓ -30%
Anthem Blue Priority $29.77 ↓ -30%
Quartz Group Commercial $29.77 ↓ -30%
Molina Exchange Commercial $29.77 ↓ -30%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $29.77 ↓ -30%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $29.77 ↓ -30%
Common Ground Exchange $29.77 ↓ -30%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $30.76 ↓ -28%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $32.25 ↓ -24%
Anthem Blue Preferred $32.25 ↓ -24%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $32.25 ↓ -24%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $32.25 ↓ -24%
Trilogy Commercial $34.73 ↓ -18%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $37.22 ↓ -12%
HealthPartners Robin $37.22 ↓ -12%
HealthPartners Broad $37.22 ↓ -12%
Centivo Commercial $37.22 ↓ -12%
Health EOS PPO $39.70 ↓ -7%
Aetna PPO $40.99 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare PPO $41.78 ↓ -2%
Cigna PPO $41.98 ↓ -1%
Anthem PPO $42.18 ↓ -1%

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Foam drg > 48 sq in w/border at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $42.50 not published
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $42.50 not published
Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc Two Rivers $42.50 not published
Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis $42.50 not published
Aurora Medical Center Burlington Burlington $74.58 not published
Aurora Medical Center Washington County Hartford $42.50 not published
Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $42.50 not published
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County Sheboygan $42.50 not published

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