Removal w/reinsrt nonbiogrdble 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

$455.00

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.

$910.00

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.

$391.30 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 $391.30 ↓ -14%
HealthPartners Robin $527.80 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $546.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $682.50 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $728.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $751.66 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $766.22 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $769.86 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $773.50 ↑ +70%
Anthem Blue Priority $1,183.00 ↑ +160%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $1,291.00 ↑ +184%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $1,300.00 ↑ +186%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $1,492.00 ↑ +228%
Common Ground Exchange $1,492.00 ↑ +228%
Common Ground Envision $1,492.00 ↑ +228%
Anthem Blue Preferred $1,530.00 ↑ +236%
United Healthcare Exchange $1,630.00 ↑ +258%
United Healthcare Charter $1,641.00 ↑ +261%
United Healthcare Nexus $1,641.00 ↑ +261%
Quartz One Commercial $1,670.00 ↑ +267%
United Healthcare HMO $1,789.00 ↑ +293%
Molina Exchange Commercial $1,825.00 ↑ +301%
Aetna HMO $1,894.00 ↑ +316%
Quartz Group Commercial $1,950.00 ↑ +329%
Centivo Commercial $1,967.00 ↑ +332%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $2,115.00 ↑ +365%
HS Technology Commercial $2,138.00 ↑ +370%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $2,226.00 ↑ +389%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $2,226.00 ↑ +389%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $2,300.00 ↑ +405%
Trilogy Commercial $2,340.00 ↑ +414%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $19,000.00 ↑ +4076%

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Removal w/reinsrt nonbiogrdble 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 $739.88 $161.60 – $854.61
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $972.55 $387.48 – $802.29
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee not published $387.48 – $802.29
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $107.06 $161.60 – $854.61
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $685.71 $35.65 – $312.85
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $377.52 $1,887.00 – $2,654.00
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $377.52 $331.39 – $2,334.00
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $377.52 $1,887.00 – $2,654.00

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