Removal tunnled intprtnl 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

$2,390.00

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.

$4,780.00

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.

$1,894.00 with Aetna vs $12,631.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Aetna HMO $1,894.00 ↓ -21%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $2,055.40 ↓ -14%
HealthPartners Robin $2,772.40 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $2,868.00 ↑ +20%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $3,500.00 ↑ +46%
HealthPartners Broad $3,585.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $3,824.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $3,948.28 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $4,024.76 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $4,043.88 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $4,063.00 ↑ +70%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $5,508.00 ↑ +130%
Anthem Blue Priority $5,692.00 ↑ +138%
Molina Exchange Commercial $5,889.00 ↑ +146%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $5,951.00 ↑ +149%
Common Ground Exchange $5,951.00 ↑ +149%
Common Ground Envision $5,951.00 ↑ +149%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $6,490.00 ↑ +172%
Quartz One Commercial $6,690.00 ↑ +180%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $6,850.00 ↑ +187%
Anthem Blue Preferred $7,344.00 ↑ +207%
Centivo Commercial $7,649.00 ↑ +220%
HS Technology Commercial $7,653.00 ↑ +220%
Quartz Group Commercial $7,830.00 ↑ +228%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $7,880.00 ↑ +230%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $8,295.00 ↑ +247%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $8,295.00 ↑ +247%
Trilogy Commercial $8,773.00 ↑ +267%
United Healthcare Exchange $11,511.00 ↑ +382%
United Healthcare Charter $11,594.00 ↑ +385%
United Healthcare Nexus $11,594.00 ↑ +385%
United Healthcare HMO $12,631.00 ↑ +428%

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Removal tunnled intprtnl 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 $2,027.78 $336.65 – $1,332.70
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $2,086.08 $1,373.20 – $1,373.20
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $2,086.08 $1,373.20 – $1,373.20
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $2,027.78 $336.65 – $1,332.70
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $5,090.91 $190.93 – $1,985.45
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $4,766.85 $2,385.29 – $10,498.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $5,573.15 $2,300.22 – $9,052.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $415.25 $3,066.96 – $10,137.00

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