Rbc mechanical fragility 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.

$6.88 with United Healthcare vs $30.18 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 Charter $6.88
United Healthcare Exchange $6.88
United Healthcare HMO $6.88
United Healthcare Nexus $6.88
Anthem Blue Priority $8.60
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $8.60
Anthem Blue Preferred $10.32
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $18.06
Common Ground Exchange $18.06
Centivo Commercial $18.80
Common Ground Envision $18.80
Aetna HMO $19.18
Quartz One Commercial $21.50
Health Payment Systems Commercial $21.50
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $22.81
Molina Exchange Commercial $23.74
HS Technology Commercial $24.20
Cigna PPO-GPPO $24.84
Quartz Group Commercial $24.94
Everpointe Elite Commercial $25.39
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $27.86
HealthPartners Robin $29.20
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $29.33
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $29.33
Trilogy Commercial $30.18

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Rbc mechanical fragility 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 $8.60 – $37.82
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee not published $8.60 – $38.95
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee not published $8.60 – $38.95
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $34.98 $8.60 – $37.82
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $5.16 – $13.38
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $8.34 – $15.41
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $6.45 – $85.53
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $6.45 – $68.40

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