Theophylline therapeutic drug level 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

$92.50

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.

$185.00

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.

$11.31 with United Healthcare vs $157.25 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
United Healthcare HMO $11.31 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Nexus $11.31 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Exchange $11.31 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Charter $11.31 ↓ -88%
Anthem Blue Priority $14.14 ↓ -85%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $14.14 ↓ -85%
Anthem Blue Preferred $16.97 ↓ -82%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $29.69 ↓ -68%
Common Ground Exchange $29.69 ↓ -68%
Centivo Commercial $30.91 ↓ -67%
Common Ground Envision $30.91 ↓ -67%
Aetna HMO $31.53 ↓ -66%
Quartz One Commercial $35.35 ↓ -62%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $35.35 ↓ -62%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $37.50 ↓ -59%
Molina Exchange Commercial $39.03 ↓ -58%
HS Technology Commercial $39.79 ↓ -57%
Quartz Group Commercial $41.01 ↓ -56%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $41.10 ↓ -56%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $41.72 ↓ -55%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $45.81 ↓ -50%
HealthPartners Robin $48.01 ↓ -48%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $48.22 ↓ -48%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $48.22 ↓ -48%
Trilogy Commercial $49.63 ↓ -46%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $111.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $138.75 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $148.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $152.81 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $155.77 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $156.51 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $157.25 ↑ +70%

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Theophylline therapeutic drug level 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 $91.69 $14.14 – $61.91
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $57.77 $14.14 – $63.76
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $57.77 $14.14 – $63.76
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $91.69 $14.14 – $61.91
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $120.00 $8.48 – $18.24
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $98.58 $13.72 – $25.34
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $226.60 $10.60 – $140.62
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $190.85 $10.60 – $112.50

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