Implant 11 volt lithium-ion backup battery for controller pocket 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

$5,650.00

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.

$11,300.00

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.

$803.97 with Aetna vs $1,406.11 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 $803.97 ↓ -86%
HS Technology Commercial $827.13 ↓ -85%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $827.13 ↓ -85%
Quartz One Commercial $909.84 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Nexus $982.62 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare HMO $982.62 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Charter $982.62 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Exchange $982.62 ↓ -83%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $992.55 ↓ -82%
Common Ground Envision $992.55 ↓ -82%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $992.55 ↓ -82%
Quartz Group Commercial $992.55 ↓ -82%
Anthem Blue Priority $992.55 ↓ -82%
Molina Exchange Commercial $992.55 ↓ -82%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $992.55 ↓ -82%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $992.55 ↓ -82%
Common Ground Exchange $992.55 ↓ -82%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $1,025.64 ↓ -82%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $1,075.26 ↓ -81%
Anthem Blue Preferred $1,075.26 ↓ -81%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $1,075.26 ↓ -81%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $1,075.26 ↓ -81%
Trilogy Commercial $1,157.98 ↓ -80%
HealthPartners Robin $1,240.69 ↓ -78%
HealthPartners Broad $1,240.69 ↓ -78%
Centivo Commercial $1,240.69 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $1,240.69 ↓ -78%
Health EOS PPO $1,323.40 ↓ -77%
Aetna PPO $1,366.41 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare PPO $1,392.88 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $1,399.50 ↓ -75%
Anthem PPO $1,406.11 ↓ -75%

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Implant 11 volt lithium-ion backup battery for controller pocket at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $514.40 – $1,059.83
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $788.78 – $1,051.71
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac not published $788.78 – $2,029.80

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