Microsatellite instability at Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro
945 N 12th St, Milwaukee, WI · Aurorahealthcare · · NPI 1861447179
$575.00
Cash price 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.
$1,150.00
Gross charge 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.
$278.85 with United Healthcare vs $1,223.30 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United Healthcare | Charter | $278.85 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $278.85 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | Exchange | $278.85 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $278.85 | ↓ -52% |
| Anthem | Blue Priority | $348.56 | ↓ -39% |
| Aurora Caregiver | Commercial | $348.56 | ↓ -39% |
| Anthem | Blue Preferred | $418.27 | ↓ -27% |
| Health EOS Plus | Commercial | $690.00 | ↑ +20% |
| Common Ground | Exchange | $731.98 | ↑ +27% |
| Common Ground | Employee Trust Fund | $731.98 | ↑ +27% |
| Common Ground | Envision | $761.95 | ↑ +33% |
| Centivo | Commercial | $761.95 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | HMO | $777.29 | ↑ +35% |
| Everpointe Elite | Commercial | $854.39 | ↑ +49% |
| HealthPartners | Broad | $862.50 | ↑ +50% |
| Health Payment Systems | Commercial | $871.40 | ↑ +52% |
| Quartz One | Commercial | $871.40 | ↑ +52% |
| Health EOS | PPO | $920.00 | ↑ +60% |
| HealthPartners | Employee Trust Fund | $924.47 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | PPO | $949.90 | ↑ +65% |
| Molina Exchange | Commercial | $962.03 | ↑ +67% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $968.30 | ↑ +68% |
| Cigna | PPO | $972.90 | ↑ +69% |
| Anthem | PPO | $977.50 | ↑ +70% |
| HS Technology | Commercial | $980.85 | ↑ +71% |
| Quartz Group | Commercial | $1,010.82 | ↑ +76% |
| Cigna | PPO-GPPO | $1,016.85 | ↑ +77% |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Aurora Featured | $1,129.33 | ↑ +96% |
| HealthPartners | Robin | $1,183.32 | ↑ +106% |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Statewide | $1,188.59 | ↑ +107% |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Arise | $1,188.59 | ↑ +107% |
| Trilogy | Commercial | $1,223.30 | ↑ +113% |
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Microsatellite instability at other Wisconsin hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Milwaukee | $2,162.40 | $348.56 – $1,261.98 |
| Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. | Milwaukee | $285.67 | $348.56 – $1,299.65 |
| Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus | Milwaukee | $285.67 | $348.56 – $1,299.65 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $2,162.40 | $348.56 – $1,261.98 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $1,098.06 | $113.39 – $488.01 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo | Baraboo | $423.50 | $261.42 – $2,878.19 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville | Janesville | $409.75 | $261.42 – $2,302.53 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison | Madison | $301.40 | $261.42 – $2,354.86 |