Intro cath dialysis circuit w/stent plcmnt 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

$19,480.00

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.

$38,960.00

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.

$13,367.00 with Aetna vs $33,116.00 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
Aetna HMO $13,367.00 ↓ -31%
Common Ground Envision $16,091.00 ↓ -17%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $16,091.00 ↓ -17%
Common Ground Exchange $16,091.00 ↓ -17%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $16,594.00 ↓ -15%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $16,752.80 ↓ -14%
Quartz One Commercial $17,830.00 ↓ -8%
Molina Exchange Commercial $18,396.00 ↓ -6%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $19,000.00 ↓ -2%
HS Technology Commercial $20,541.00 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare Exchange $20,679.00 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare Nexus $20,827.00 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare Charter $20,827.00 ↑ +7%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $20,850.00 ↑ +7%
Quartz Group Commercial $20,860.00 ↑ +7%
Centivo Commercial $21,036.00 ↑ +8%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $21,480.00 ↑ +10%
Anthem Blue Priority $21,736.00 ↑ +12%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $22,065.00 ↑ +13%
HealthPartners Robin $22,596.80 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare HMO $22,691.00 ↑ +16%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $23,226.00 ↑ +19%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $23,226.00 ↑ +19%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $23,376.00 ↑ +20%
Trilogy Commercial $23,397.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem Blue Preferred $28,050.00 ↑ +44%
HealthPartners Broad $29,220.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $31,168.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $32,180.96 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $32,804.32 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $32,960.16 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $33,116.00 ↑ +70%

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Intro cath dialysis circuit w/stent plcmnt 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 $18,565.37 $484.35 – $20,509.76
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $19,882.42 $20,124.39 – $20,124.39
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $19,882.42 $20,124.39 – $20,124.39
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $31,013.39 $273.64 – $12,095.22
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $6,494.40 $8,720.95 – $24,224.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $6,874.45 $8,409.93 – $27,690.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $14,369.30 $11,213.25 – $25,004.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $10,910.35 $26,827.00 – $27,583.00

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