Tc-99m pentetate dtpa aerosol 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

$115.00

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.

$230.00

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.

$25.98 with Cigna vs $194.67 with Anthem — 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
Cigna PPO-GPPO $25.98 ↓ -77%
HS Technology Commercial $114.51 ↓ -0%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $114.51 ↓ -0%
Aetna HMO $122.30 ↑ +6%
Quartz One Commercial $125.96 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Nexus $136.04 ↑ +18%
United Healthcare Exchange $136.04 ↑ +18%
United Healthcare Charter $136.04 ↑ +18%
United Healthcare HMO $136.04 ↑ +18%
Common Ground Exchange $137.41 ↑ +19%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $137.41 ↑ +19%
Common Ground Envision $137.41 ↑ +19%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $137.41 ↑ +19%
Anthem Blue Priority $137.41 ↑ +19%
Quartz Group Commercial $137.41 ↑ +19%
Molina Exchange Commercial $137.41 ↑ +19%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $137.41 ↑ +19%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $137.41 ↑ +19%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $141.99 ↑ +23%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $148.86 ↑ +29%
Anthem Blue Preferred $148.86 ↑ +29%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $148.86 ↑ +29%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $148.86 ↑ +29%
Trilogy Commercial $160.31 ↑ +39%
HealthPartners Robin $171.77 ↑ +49%
HealthPartners Broad $171.77 ↑ +49%
Centivo Commercial $171.77 ↑ +49%
Health EOS PPO $183.22 ↑ +59%
Aetna PPO $189.17 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare PPO $192.83 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $193.75 ↑ +68%
Anthem PPO $194.67 ↑ +69%

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