Oncology lung 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

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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.

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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.

$2,296.80 with United Healthcare vs $10,075.99 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.

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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 Nexus $2,296.80
United Healthcare Exchange $2,296.80
United Healthcare HMO $2,296.80
United Healthcare Charter $2,296.80
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $2,871.00
Anthem Blue Priority $2,871.00
Anthem Blue Preferred $3,445.20
Everpointe Elite Commercial $4,574.82
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $6,029.10
Common Ground Exchange $6,029.10
Common Ground Envision $6,276.01
Centivo Commercial $6,276.01
Aetna HMO $6,402.33
Health Payment Systems Commercial $7,177.50
Quartz One Commercial $7,177.50
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $7,614.61
Molina Exchange Commercial $7,923.96
HS Technology Commercial $8,078.99
Quartz Group Commercial $8,325.90
Cigna PPO-GPPO $8,379.45
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $9,302.04
HealthPartners Robin $9,746.70
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $9,790.11
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $9,790.11
Trilogy Commercial $10,075.99

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Oncology lung 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 $3,014.55 – $8,985.24
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee not published $2,565.75 – $6,995.29
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee not published $2,565.75 – $6,995.29
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon not published $3,014.55 – $8,985.24
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $1,722.60 – $4,019.67
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $2,190.58 – $2,784.87
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $2,153.25 – $15,518.80
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $2,153.25 – $12,415.03

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