Mayo cyanide 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

$87.50

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.

$175.00

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.

$15.52 with United Healthcare vs $148.75 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
United Healthcare HMO $15.52 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Charter $15.52 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Nexus $15.52 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Exchange $15.52 ↓ -82%
Anthem Blue Priority $19.40 ↓ -78%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $19.40 ↓ -78%
Anthem Blue Preferred $23.28 ↓ -73%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $40.74 ↓ -53%
Common Ground Exchange $40.74 ↓ -53%
Common Ground Envision $42.41 ↓ -52%
Centivo Commercial $42.41 ↓ -52%
Aetna HMO $43.26 ↓ -51%
Quartz One Commercial $48.50 ↓ -45%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $48.50 ↓ -45%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $51.46 ↓ -41%
Molina Exchange Commercial $53.54 ↓ -39%
HS Technology Commercial $54.59 ↓ -38%
Quartz Group Commercial $56.26 ↓ -36%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $56.40 ↓ -36%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $57.25 ↓ -35%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $62.86 ↓ -28%
HealthPartners Robin $65.86 ↓ -25%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $66.15 ↓ -24%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $66.15 ↓ -24%
Trilogy Commercial $68.09 ↓ -22%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $105.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $131.25 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $140.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $144.55 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $147.35 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $148.05 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $148.75 ↑ +70%

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Mayo cyanide 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 $166.42 $19.40 – $84.82
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $64.66 $19.40 – $87.35
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $64.66 $19.40 – $87.35
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $166.42 $19.40 – $84.82
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $72.64 $11.64 – $32.69
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $93.50 $14.55 – $192.85
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $93.50 $14.55 – $154.26
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $112.20 $14.55 – $157.80

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