Implant cartilage 10mm synthetic 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

$15,400.00

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.

$30,800.00

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.

$6,403.44 with Aetna vs $11,199.43 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 $6,403.44 ↓ -58%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $6,587.90 ↓ -57%
HS Technology Commercial $6,587.90 ↓ -57%
Quartz One Commercial $7,246.69 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Exchange $7,826.43 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Charter $7,826.43 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare HMO $7,826.43 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Nexus $7,826.43 ↓ -49%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $7,905.48 ↓ -49%
Common Ground Envision $7,905.48 ↓ -49%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $7,905.48 ↓ -49%
Anthem Blue Priority $7,905.48 ↓ -49%
Quartz Group Commercial $7,905.48 ↓ -49%
Molina Exchange Commercial $7,905.48 ↓ -49%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $7,905.48 ↓ -49%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $7,905.48 ↓ -49%
Common Ground Exchange $7,905.48 ↓ -49%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $8,169.00 ↓ -47%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $8,564.27 ↓ -44%
Anthem Blue Preferred $8,564.27 ↓ -44%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $8,564.27 ↓ -44%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $8,564.27 ↓ -44%
Trilogy Commercial $9,223.06 ↓ -40%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $9,881.85 ↓ -36%
HealthPartners Robin $9,881.85 ↓ -36%
HealthPartners Broad $9,881.85 ↓ -36%
Centivo Commercial $9,881.85 ↓ -36%
Health EOS PPO $10,540.64 ↓ -32%
Aetna PPO $10,883.21 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare PPO $11,094.02 ↓ -28%
Cigna PPO $11,146.73 ↓ -28%
Anthem PPO $11,199.43 ↓ -27%

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Implant cartilage 10mm synthetic at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $4,402.90 $1,265.83 – $5,228.44
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $766.90 not published
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $1,407.18 not published
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $1,407.18 not published
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $1,407.18 not published
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $1,706.53 not published
Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis $8,005.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Burlington Burlington $2,056.25 not published

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