Ghs phenylketonurid 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

$25.00

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.

$50.00

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.

$4.40 with United Healthcare vs $21.25 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.

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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
United Healthcare HMO $4.40 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Nexus $4.40 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Exchange $4.40 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Charter $4.40 ↓ -82%
Anthem Blue Priority $5.50 ↓ -78%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $5.50 ↓ -78%
Anthem Blue Preferred $6.60 ↓ -74%
Common Ground Exchange $11.55 ↓ -54%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $11.55 ↓ -54%
Common Ground Envision $12.02 ↓ -52%
Centivo Commercial $12.02 ↓ -52%
Aetna HMO $12.27 ↓ -51%
Quartz One Commercial $13.75 ↓ -45%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $13.75 ↓ -45%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $14.58 ↓ -42%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $15.00 ↓ -40%
Molina Exchange Commercial $15.18 ↓ -39%
HS Technology Commercial $15.48 ↓ -38%
Quartz Group Commercial $15.95 ↓ -36%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $16.23 ↓ -35%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $16.26 ↓ -35%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $17.82 ↓ -29%
HealthPartners Robin $18.67 ↓ -25%
HealthPartners Broad $18.75 ↓ -25%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $18.76 ↓ -25%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $18.76 ↓ -25%
Trilogy Commercial $19.30 ↓ -23%
Health EOS PPO $20.00 ↓ -20%
Aetna PPO $20.65 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare PPO $21.05 ↓ -16%
Cigna PPO $21.15 ↓ -15%
Anthem PPO $21.25 ↓ -15%

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Ghs phenylketonurid 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 $36.04 $5.50 – $24.09
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $10.07 $5.50 – $24.81
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $10.07 $5.50 – $24.81
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $36.04 $5.50 – $24.09
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $64.80 $3.30 – $28.30
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $42.35 $5.50 – $9.63
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $12.50 $4.40 – $19.30
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $25.00 $4.40 – $19.30

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