Plcmnt ureteral stent pq w/img new w/cath 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

$6,820.00

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.

$13,640.00

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.

$5,692.00 with Anthem vs $23,500.00 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
Anthem Blue Priority $5,692.00 ↓ -17%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $5,865.20 ↓ -14%
Aetna HMO $6,461.00 ↓ -5%
Anthem Blue Preferred $7,344.00 ↑ +8%
HealthPartners Robin $7,911.20 ↑ +16%
Common Ground Envision $8,181.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $8,181.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Exchange $8,181.00 ↑ +20%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $8,184.00 ↑ +20%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $8,450.00 ↑ +24%
Quartz One Commercial $8,690.00 ↑ +27%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $9,244.00 ↑ +36%
HS Technology Commercial $10,017.00 ↑ +47%
Quartz Group Commercial $10,170.00 ↑ +49%
HealthPartners Broad $10,230.00 ↑ +50%
Molina Exchange Commercial $10,418.00 ↑ +53%
Health EOS PPO $10,912.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $11,266.64 ↑ +65%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $11,451.00 ↑ +68%
Centivo Commercial $11,473.00 ↑ +68%
United Healthcare PPO $11,484.88 ↑ +68%
United Healthcare Exchange $11,511.00 ↑ +69%
Cigna PPO $11,539.44 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $11,594.00 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare Charter $11,594.00 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare Nexus $11,594.00 ↑ +70%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $12,054.00 ↑ +77%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $12,054.00 ↑ +77%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $12,100.00 ↑ +77%
United Healthcare HMO $12,631.00 ↑ +85%
Trilogy Commercial $13,453.00 ↑ +97%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $23,500.00 ↑ +245%

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Plcmnt ureteral stent pq w/img new w/cath 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 $4,349.71 $540.31 – $5,603.10
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee not published $5,153.44 – $5,153.44
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee not published $5,153.44 – $5,153.44
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $4,349.71 $540.31 – $5,603.10
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $6,089.51 $305.76 – $2,527.14
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $11,324.50 $2,662.91 – $10,498.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $12,536.70 $2,567.95 – $9,052.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $4,925.25 $3,423.93 – $10,137.00

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