Gw stiffened micro access kit 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

$8,120.00

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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.

$16,240.00

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.

$8.63 with Everpointe Elite vs $14.66 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 $8.63 ↓ -100%
HS Technology Commercial $8.63 ↓ -100%
Aetna HMO $9.21 ↓ -100%
Quartz One Commercial $9.49 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare Exchange $10.25 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare Charter $10.25 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare HMO $10.25 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare Nexus $10.25 ↓ -100%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $10.35 ↓ -100%
Common Ground Envision $10.35 ↓ -100%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $10.35 ↓ -100%
Anthem Blue Priority $10.35 ↓ -100%
Quartz Group Commercial $10.35 ↓ -100%
Molina Exchange Commercial $10.35 ↓ -100%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $10.35 ↓ -100%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $10.35 ↓ -100%
Common Ground Exchange $10.35 ↓ -100%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $10.70 ↓ -100%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $11.21 ↓ -100%
Anthem Blue Preferred $11.21 ↓ -100%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $11.21 ↓ -100%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $11.21 ↓ -100%
Trilogy Commercial $12.08 ↓ -100%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $12.94 ↓ -100%
HealthPartners Robin $12.94 ↓ -100%
HealthPartners Broad $12.94 ↓ -100%
Centivo Commercial $12.94 ↓ -100%
Health EOS PPO $13.80 ↓ -100%
Aetna PPO $14.25 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare PPO $14.52 ↓ -100%
Cigna PPO $14.59 ↓ -100%
Anthem PPO $14.66 ↓ -100%

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Gw stiffened micro access kit at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $2,704.00 $64.40 – $238.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $1,297.41 not published
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $538.63 not published
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $2,703.75 not published
Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis $888.66 not published
Aurora Medical Center Burlington Burlington $2,961.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Washington County Hartford $444.49 not published
Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $888.00 not published

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