Percut ablate liver rf 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

$4,650.00

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.

$9,300.00

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.

$3,999.00 with HealthPartners vs $19,000.00 with Cigna — 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
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $3,999.00 ↓ -14%
HealthPartners Robin $5,394.00 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $5,580.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $6,975.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $7,440.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $7,681.80 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $7,830.60 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $7,867.80 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $7,905.00 ↑ +70%
Aetna HMO $8,243.00 ↑ +77%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $11,578.00 ↑ +149%
Common Ground Exchange $11,578.00 ↑ +149%
Common Ground Envision $11,578.00 ↑ +149%
Anthem Blue Priority $12,250.00 ↑ +163%
Quartz One Commercial $12,250.00 ↑ +163%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $12,530.00 ↑ +169%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $12,784.00 ↑ +175%
HS Technology Commercial $14,069.00 ↑ +203%
Quartz Group Commercial $14,330.00 ↑ +208%
Molina Exchange Commercial $14,344.00 ↑ +208%
United Healthcare Exchange $15,790.00 ↑ +240%
Anthem Blue Preferred $15,810.00 ↑ +240%
Centivo Commercial $15,844.00 ↑ +241%
United Healthcare Charter $15,903.00 ↑ +242%
United Healthcare Nexus $15,903.00 ↑ +242%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $16,000.00 ↑ +244%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $16,150.00 ↑ +247%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $16,842.00 ↑ +262%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $16,842.00 ↑ +262%
United Healthcare HMO $17,327.00 ↑ +273%
Trilogy Commercial $18,718.00 ↑ +303%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $19,000.00 ↑ +309%

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Percut ablate liver rf 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 $4,235.23 $1,167.90 – $17,632.69
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee not published $18,168.49 – $18,168.49
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee not published $18,168.49 – $18,168.49
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $4,235.23 $1,167.90 – $17,632.69
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $10,366.95 $4,404.16 – $21,366.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $10,085.90 $5,872.22 – $17,116.00
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $4,650.00 not published
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $4,650.00 not published

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