Place slctv cath vertebral art uni 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

$11,590.00

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.

$23,180.00

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.

$4,983.70 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 $4,983.70 ↓ -57%
Aetna HMO $6,461.00 ↓ -44%
HealthPartners Robin $6,722.20 ↓ -42%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $6,954.00 ↓ -40%
HealthPartners Broad $8,692.50 ↓ -25%
Health EOS PPO $9,272.00 ↓ -20%
Aetna PPO $9,573.34 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare PPO $9,758.78 ↓ -16%
Cigna PPO $9,805.14 ↓ -15%
Anthem PPO $9,851.50 ↓ -15%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $11,578.00 ↓ -0%
Common Ground Exchange $11,578.00 ↓ -0%
Common Ground Envision $11,578.00 ↓ -0%
Anthem Blue Priority $12,250.00 ↑ +6%
Quartz One Commercial $12,250.00 ↑ +6%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $12,530.00 ↑ +8%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $12,784.00 ↑ +10%
HS Technology Commercial $14,069.00 ↑ +21%
Quartz Group Commercial $14,330.00 ↑ +24%
Molina Exchange Commercial $14,344.00 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare Exchange $15,790.00 ↑ +36%
Anthem Blue Preferred $15,810.00 ↑ +36%
Centivo Commercial $15,844.00 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare Charter $15,903.00 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare Nexus $15,903.00 ↑ +37%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $16,000.00 ↑ +38%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $16,150.00 ↑ +39%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $16,842.00 ↑ +45%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $16,842.00 ↑ +45%
United Healthcare HMO $17,327.00 ↑ +49%
Trilogy Commercial $18,718.00 ↑ +62%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $19,000.00 ↑ +64%

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Place slctv cath vertebral art uni 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 $9,947.57 $540.92 – $7,730.84
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $4,127.11 $6,651.93 – $6,651.93
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $4,127.11 $6,651.93 – $6,651.93
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $9,947.57 $540.92 – $7,730.84
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $16,988.59 $309.49 – $7,050.26
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $17,467.45 $4,203.64 – $16,582.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $14,752.10 $4,053.72 – $18,955.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $5,333.90 $5,404.97 – $17,116.00

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