Generator emblem MRI sicd subq 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

$55,500.00

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.

$111,000.00

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.

$25,338.10 with Aetna vs $44,315.60 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 $25,338.10 ↓ -54%
HS Technology Commercial $26,068.00 ↓ -53%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $26,068.00 ↓ -53%
Quartz One Commercial $28,674.80 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Exchange $30,968.78 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare HMO $30,968.78 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Charter $30,968.78 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Nexus $30,968.78 ↓ -44%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $31,281.60 ↓ -44%
Anthem Blue Priority $31,281.60 ↓ -44%
Common Ground Exchange $31,281.60 ↓ -44%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $31,281.60 ↓ -44%
Common Ground Envision $31,281.60 ↓ -44%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $31,281.60 ↓ -44%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $31,281.60 ↓ -44%
Molina Exchange Commercial $31,281.60 ↓ -44%
Quartz Group Commercial $31,281.60 ↓ -44%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $32,324.32 ↓ -42%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $33,888.40 ↓ -39%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $33,888.40 ↓ -39%
Anthem Blue Preferred $33,888.40 ↓ -39%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $33,888.40 ↓ -39%
Trilogy Commercial $36,495.20 ↓ -34%
HealthPartners Robin $39,102.00 ↓ -30%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $39,102.00 ↓ -30%
Centivo Commercial $39,102.00 ↓ -30%
HealthPartners Broad $39,102.00 ↓ -30%
Health EOS PPO $41,708.80 ↓ -25%
Aetna PPO $43,064.34 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare PPO $43,898.51 ↓ -21%
Cigna PPO $44,107.06 ↓ -21%
Anthem PPO $44,315.60 ↓ -20%

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Generator emblem MRI sicd subq at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $36,400.00 $4,485.00 – $18,525.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $34,535.60 not published
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $24,895.85 not published
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $24,895.85 not published
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $24,895.85 not published
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $16,482.50 not published
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $26,910.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $13,822.50 not published

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