Plmt ureteral stent prq 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

$5,450.00

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.

$10,900.00

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.

$4,687.00 with HealthPartners 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
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $4,687.00 ↓ -14%
Anthem Blue Priority $5,692.00 ↑ +4%
HealthPartners Robin $6,322.00 ↑ +16%
Aetna HMO $6,461.00 ↑ +19%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $6,540.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem Blue Preferred $7,344.00 ↑ +35%
HealthPartners Broad $8,175.00 ↑ +50%
Common Ground Exchange $8,181.00 ↑ +50%
Common Ground Envision $8,181.00 ↑ +50%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $8,181.00 ↑ +50%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $8,450.00 ↑ +55%
Quartz One Commercial $8,690.00 ↑ +59%
Health EOS PPO $8,720.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $9,003.40 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $9,177.80 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $9,221.40 ↑ +69%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $9,244.00 ↑ +70%
Anthem PPO $9,265.00 ↑ +70%
HS Technology Commercial $10,017.00 ↑ +84%
Quartz Group Commercial $10,170.00 ↑ +87%
Molina Exchange Commercial $10,418.00 ↑ +91%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $11,451.00 ↑ +110%
Centivo Commercial $11,473.00 ↑ +111%
United Healthcare Exchange $11,511.00 ↑ +111%
United Healthcare Nexus $11,594.00 ↑ +113%
United Healthcare Charter $11,594.00 ↑ +113%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $12,054.00 ↑ +121%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $12,054.00 ↑ +121%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $12,100.00 ↑ +122%
United Healthcare HMO $12,631.00 ↑ +132%
Trilogy Commercial $13,453.00 ↑ +147%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $23,500.00 ↑ +331%

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Plmt ureteral stent prq 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 $2,110.99 $421.67 – $4,623.82
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $2,273.70 $4,225.61 – $4,225.61
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $2,273.70 $4,225.61 – $4,225.61
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $2,110.99 $421.67 – $4,623.82
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $5,437.95 $238.54 – $2,256.75
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $9,200.40 $2,662.91 – $10,498.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $10,185.45 $2,567.95 – $9,052.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $4,133.25 $3,423.93 – $10,137.00

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