Insertion intravascular vena cava (ivc) access supervision & interpretation w/imaging guidance 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

$4,030.00

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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.

$8,060.00

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.

$3,465.80 with HealthPartners vs $19,000.00 with Cigna — 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

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 $3,465.80 ↓ -14%
HealthPartners Robin $4,674.80 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $4,836.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $6,045.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $6,448.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna HMO $6,461.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $6,657.56 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $6,786.52 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $6,818.76 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $6,851.00 ↑ +70%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $8,181.00 ↑ +103%
Common Ground Exchange $8,181.00 ↑ +103%
Common Ground Envision $8,181.00 ↑ +103%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $8,450.00 ↑ +110%
Quartz One Commercial $8,690.00 ↑ +116%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $9,244.00 ↑ +129%
HS Technology Commercial $10,017.00 ↑ +149%
Quartz Group Commercial $10,170.00 ↑ +152%
Molina Exchange Commercial $10,418.00 ↑ +159%
Anthem Blue Priority $10,598.00 ↑ +163%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $11,451.00 ↑ +184%
Centivo Commercial $11,473.00 ↑ +185%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $12,054.00 ↑ +199%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $12,054.00 ↑ +199%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $12,100.00 ↑ +200%
Trilogy Commercial $13,453.00 ↑ +234%
Anthem Blue Preferred $13,668.00 ↑ +239%
United Healthcare Exchange $15,790.00 ↑ +292%
United Healthcare Nexus $15,903.00 ↑ +295%
United Healthcare Charter $15,903.00 ↑ +295%
United Healthcare HMO $17,327.00 ↑ +330%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $19,000.00 ↑ +371%

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Insertion intravascular vena cava (ivc) access supervision & interpretation w/imaging guidance 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 $16,954.70 $342.94 – $9,533.65
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee not published $9,542.57 – $9,542.57
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee not published $9,542.57 – $9,542.57
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $16,954.70 $342.94 – $9,533.65
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $13,393.60 $193.42 – $3,959.17
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $8,300.60 $4,203.64 – $16,582.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $9,692.10 $4,053.72 – $18,955.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $7,082.35 $5,404.97 – $17,116.00

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