Oncology tum unknown origin 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.

$3,000.00 with United Healthcare vs $13,160.91 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 $3,000.00
United Healthcare Exchange $3,000.00
United Healthcare HMO $3,000.00
United Healthcare Charter $3,000.00
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $3,750.00
Anthem Blue Priority $3,750.00
Anthem Blue Preferred $4,500.00
Everpointe Elite Commercial $6,281.71
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $7,875.00
Common Ground Exchange $7,875.00
Common Ground Envision $8,197.50
Centivo Commercial $8,197.50
Aetna HMO $8,362.50
Health Payment Systems Commercial $9,375.00
Quartz One Commercial $9,375.00
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $9,945.94
Molina Exchange Commercial $10,350.00
HS Technology Commercial $10,552.50
Quartz Group Commercial $10,875.00
Cigna PPO-GPPO $10,944.48
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $12,150.00
HealthPartners Robin $12,730.80
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $12,787.50
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $12,787.50
Trilogy Commercial $13,160.91

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Oncology tum unknown origin 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 $3,937.50 – $11,736.21
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee not published $3,523.05 – $9,605.25
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee not published $3,523.05 – $9,605.25
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon not published $3,937.50 – $11,736.21
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $2,250.00 – $5,250.34
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $3,007.91 – $3,717.78
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $2,812.50 – $21,309.01
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $2,812.50 – $17,047.19

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