Serial casting application 97139app 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

$172.50

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.

$345.00

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.

$207.00 with Health EOS Plus vs $378.00 with Wisconsin Physician Service — 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
Health EOS Plus Commercial $207.00 ↑ +20%
Aetna HMO $222.00 ↑ +29%
HealthPartners Broad $258.75 ↑ +50%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $259.00 ↑ +50%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $260.00 ↑ +51%
Molina Exchange Commercial $266.00 ↑ +54%
Quartz One Commercial $270.00 ↑ +57%
Centivo Commercial $274.00 ↑ +59%
United Healthcare Exchange $275.00 ↑ +59%
Anthem Blue Priority $275.00 ↑ +59%
Health EOS PPO $276.00 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Charter $277.00 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare Nexus $277.00 ↑ +61%
Common Ground Envision $281.00 ↑ +63%
Common Ground Exchange $281.00 ↑ +63%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $281.00 ↑ +63%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $282.00 ↑ +63%
Aetna PPO $284.97 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $290.49 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $291.87 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $293.25 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare HMO $302.00 ↑ +75%
HS Technology Commercial $304.00 ↑ +76%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $320.00 ↑ +86%
Quartz Group Commercial $320.00 ↑ +86%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $325.00 ↑ +88%
Trilogy Commercial $328.00 ↑ +90%
HealthPartners Robin $350.00 ↑ +103%
Anthem Blue Preferred $357.00 ↑ +107%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $359.00 ↑ +108%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $378.00 ↑ +119%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $378.00 ↑ +119%

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Serial casting application 97139app 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 $54.09 – $54.09
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee not published $55.73 – $55.73
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee not published $55.73 – $55.73
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $72.50 not published
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $90.00 not published
Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis $70.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette $70.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Burlington Burlington $220.00 not published

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