Insert pessary/other device 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

$157.50

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.

$315.00

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.

$65.00 with Common Ground vs $267.75 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
Common Ground Envision $65.00 ↓ -59%
Common Ground Exchange $65.00 ↓ -59%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $65.00 ↓ -59%
Anthem Blue Priority $66.00 ↓ -58%
Quartz One Commercial $70.00 ↓ -56%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $74.00 ↓ -53%
Molina Exchange Commercial $74.00 ↓ -53%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $75.00 ↓ -52%
Centivo Commercial $76.00 ↓ -52%
Aetna HMO $78.00 ↓ -50%
Quartz Group Commercial $80.00 ↓ -49%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $80.00 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Exchange $82.00 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Nexus $83.00 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Charter $83.00 ↓ -47%
Anthem Blue Preferred $87.00 ↓ -45%
HS Technology Commercial $90.00 ↓ -43%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $90.00 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare HMO $90.00 ↓ -43%
HealthPartners Robin $93.00 ↓ -41%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $95.00 ↓ -40%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $95.00 ↓ -40%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $100.00 ↓ -37%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $115.00 ↓ -27%
Trilogy Commercial $116.00 ↓ -26%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $189.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $236.25 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $252.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $260.19 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $265.23 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $266.49 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $267.75 ↑ +70%

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Insert pessary/other device 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 not published $72.40 – $430.83
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee not published $195.34 – $275.83
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee not published $195.34 – $275.83
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $65.72 $72.40 – $430.83
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $384.66 $37.95 – $150.02
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $145.75 $147.28 – $4,198.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $114.40 $196.38 – $4,217.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $155.65 $1,887.00 – $2,654.00

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