Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 3-5 targets 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

$252.50

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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.

$505.00

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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.

$102.63 with United Healthcare vs $450.24 with Trilogy — 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 Nexus $102.63 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Exchange $102.63 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare HMO $102.63 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Charter $102.63 ↓ -59%
Anthem Blue Priority $128.29 ↓ -49%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $128.29 ↓ -49%
Anthem Blue Preferred $153.95 ↓ -39%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $269.41 ↑ +7%
Common Ground Exchange $269.41 ↑ +7%
Centivo Commercial $280.44 ↑ +11%
Common Ground Envision $280.44 ↑ +11%
Aetna HMO $286.09 ↑ +13%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $303.00 ↑ +20%
Quartz One Commercial $320.73 ↑ +27%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $320.73 ↑ +27%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $340.26 ↑ +35%
Molina Exchange Commercial $354.08 ↑ +40%
HS Technology Commercial $361.01 ↑ +43%
Quartz Group Commercial $372.04 ↑ +47%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $374.64 ↑ +48%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $378.55 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Broad $378.75 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $404.00 ↑ +60%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $415.66 ↑ +65%
Aetna PPO $417.13 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $425.21 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $427.23 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $429.25 ↑ +70%
HealthPartners Robin $435.53 ↑ +72%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $437.47 ↑ +73%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $437.47 ↑ +73%
Trilogy Commercial $450.24 ↑ +78%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 3-5 targets 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 $226.31 $128.29 – $559.35
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $289.91 $128.29 – $576.05
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $289.91 $128.29 – $576.05
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $226.31 $128.29 – $559.35
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $523.20 $71.47 – $128.29
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $180.40 $96.22 – $1,275.21
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $243.10 $96.22 – $1,020.16
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $128.15 $96.22 – $1,043.35

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