Insert hepatic shunt (tips) 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

$11,055.00

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.

$22,110.00

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.

$9,507.30 with HealthPartners vs $29,247.00 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
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $9,507.30 ↓ -14%
HealthPartners Robin $12,823.80 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $13,266.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $16,582.50 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $17,688.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna HMO $17,823.00 ↑ +61%
Anthem Blue Priority $18,187.00 ↑ +65%
Aetna PPO $18,262.86 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $18,616.62 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $18,705.06 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $18,793.50 ↑ +70%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $19,000.00 ↑ +72%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $19,078.00 ↑ +73%
Common Ground Exchange $19,078.00 ↑ +73%
Common Ground Envision $19,078.00 ↑ +73%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $19,372.00 ↑ +75%
Molina Exchange Commercial $20,231.00 ↑ +83%
United Healthcare Exchange $20,679.00 ↑ +87%
United Healthcare Nexus $20,827.00 ↑ +88%
United Healthcare Charter $20,827.00 ↑ +88%
Quartz One Commercial $21,170.00 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare HMO $22,691.00 ↑ +105%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $23,200.00 ↑ +110%
Anthem Blue Preferred $23,460.00 ↑ +112%
Centivo Commercial $24,314.00 ↑ +120%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $24,750.00 ↑ +124%
HS Technology Commercial $24,761.00 ↑ +124%
Quartz Group Commercial $24,770.00 ↑ +124%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $26,005.00 ↑ +135%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $27,374.00 ↑ +148%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $27,374.00 ↑ +148%
Trilogy Commercial $29,247.00 ↑ +165%

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Insert hepatic shunt (tips) 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 $26,165.57 $1,286.02 – $3,326.21
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $4,970.87 $3,115.89 – $3,115.89
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $4,970.87 $3,115.89 – $3,115.89
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $26,165.57 $1,286.02 – $3,326.21
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $34,662.00 $725.53 – $14,384.73
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $17,736.40 $13,354.59 – $27,690.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $8,367.70 $8,960.00 – $25,004.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $10,632.05 $4,428.00 – $27,583.00

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