Spirometry bronchodilation responsiveness pre/post bronchodilator administration 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

$467.50

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$935.00

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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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$467.50 with HS Technology vs $1,632.00 with Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
HS Technology Commercial $467.50 ↑ +0%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $467.50 ↑ +0%
Aetna HMO $499.29 ↑ +7%
Quartz One Commercial $514.25 ↑ +10%
Common Ground Envision $561.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $561.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Exchange $561.00 ↑ +20%
Quartz Group Commercial $561.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $561.00 ↑ +20%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $561.00 ↑ +20%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $561.00 ↑ +20%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $579.70 ↑ +24%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $607.75 ↑ +30%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $607.75 ↑ +30%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $607.75 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Exchange $611.00 ↑ +31%
United Healthcare Charter $615.00 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare Nexus $615.00 ↑ +32%
Trilogy Commercial $654.50 ↑ +40%
United Healthcare HMO $670.00 ↑ +43%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $701.25 ↑ +50%
Centivo Commercial $701.25 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Broad $701.25 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Robin $701.25 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $748.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $772.31 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $787.27 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $791.01 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $794.75 ↑ +70%
Molina Exchange Commercial $796.00 ↑ +70%
Anthem Blue Priority $1,265.00 ↑ +171%
Anthem Blue Preferred $1,632.00 ↑ +249%

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Spirometry bronchodilation responsiveness pre/post bronchodilator administration 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 $915.31 $16.69 – $666.91
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $457.92 $44.06 – $423.33
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $457.92 $44.06 – $423.33
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $915.31 $16.69 – $666.91
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $708.50 $9.39 – $276.31
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $215.60 not published
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $277.20 $281.90 – $375.86
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $312.40 $271.85 – $362.46

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