Infect ag ia optc obs influenza 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

$85.00

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.

$170.00

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.

$13.24 with United Healthcare vs $76.50 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 $13.24 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Exchange $13.24 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Charter $13.24 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Nexus $13.24 ↓ -84%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $16.55 ↓ -81%
Anthem Blue Priority $16.55 ↓ -81%
Anthem Blue Preferred $19.86 ↓ -77%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $34.76 ↓ -59%
Common Ground Exchange $34.76 ↓ -59%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $35.37 ↓ -58%
Common Ground Envision $36.18 ↓ -57%
Centivo Commercial $36.18 ↓ -57%
Aetna HMO $36.91 ↓ -57%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $41.38 ↓ -51%
Quartz One Commercial $41.38 ↓ -51%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $43.90 ↓ -48%
Molina Exchange Commercial $45.68 ↓ -46%
HS Technology Commercial $46.57 ↓ -45%
Quartz Group Commercial $48.00 ↓ -44%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $48.75 ↓ -43%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $53.62 ↓ -37%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $54.00 ↓ -36%
HealthPartners Robin $56.19 ↓ -34%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $56.44 ↓ -34%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $56.44 ↓ -34%
Trilogy Commercial $58.09 ↓ -32%
HealthPartners Broad $67.50 ↓ -21%
Health EOS PPO $72.00 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO $74.34 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare PPO $75.78 ↓ -11%
Cigna PPO $76.14 ↓ -10%
Anthem PPO $76.50 ↓ -10%

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