Sialidase enzyme assay 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.

$9.78 with United Healthcare vs $42.90 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 $9.78
United Healthcare Exchange $9.78
United Healthcare HMO $9.78
United Healthcare Nexus $9.78
Anthem Blue Priority $12.22
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $12.22
Anthem Blue Preferred $14.66
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $25.66
Common Ground Exchange $25.66
Centivo Commercial $26.71
Common Ground Envision $26.71
Aetna HMO $27.25
Quartz One Commercial $30.55
Health Payment Systems Commercial $30.55
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $32.41
Molina Exchange Commercial $33.73
HS Technology Commercial $34.39
Cigna PPO-GPPO $35.37
Quartz Group Commercial $35.44
Everpointe Elite Commercial $36.05
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $39.59
HealthPartners Robin $41.49
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $41.67
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $41.67
Trilogy Commercial $42.90

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Sialidase enzyme assay 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 $12.22 – $52.73
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee not published $12.22 – $54.30
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee not published $12.22 – $54.30
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $91.30 $9.16 – $121.42
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $123.20 $9.16 – $97.14
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $74.80 $9.16 – $99.36
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon not published $12.22 – $52.73
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $7.33 – $19.01

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