Ultrasound transabd ea addl gest 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

$267.50

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.

$535.00

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.

$300.00 with Aurora Caregiver vs $700.00 with Cigna — 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
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $300.00 ↑ +12%
Aetna HMO $301.00 ↑ +13%
Quartz One Commercial $315.00 ↑ +18%
Anthem Blue Priority $316.00 ↑ +18%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $321.00 ↑ +20%
HS Technology Commercial $366.00 ↑ +37%
Common Ground Exchange $368.00 ↑ +38%
Common Ground Envision $368.00 ↑ +38%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $368.00 ↑ +38%
Quartz Group Commercial $370.00 ↑ +38%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $372.00 ↑ +39%
Centivo Commercial $383.00 ↑ +43%
Molina Exchange Commercial $392.00 ↑ +47%
HealthPartners Broad $401.25 ↑ +50%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $406.00 ↑ +52%
Anthem Blue Preferred $408.00 ↑ +53%
Health EOS PPO $428.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $441.91 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $450.47 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $452.61 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $454.75 ↑ +70%
HealthPartners Robin $464.00 ↑ +73%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $499.00 ↑ +87%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $525.00 ↑ +96%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $525.00 ↑ +96%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $525.00 ↑ +96%
Trilogy Commercial $526.00 ↑ +97%
United Healthcare Exchange $581.00 ↑ +117%
United Healthcare Nexus $586.00 ↑ +119%
United Healthcare Charter $586.00 ↑ +119%
United Healthcare HMO $638.00 ↑ +139%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $700.00 ↑ +162%

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Ultrasound transabd ea addl gest 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 $326.48 $141.03 – $304.08
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $202.46 $313.16 – $519.00
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee not published $313.16 – $519.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $440.96 $141.03 – $304.08
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $919.47 $78.66 – $358.59
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $727.65 $1,248.57 – $1,248.57
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $832.70 $940.08 – $940.08
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $409.20 $384.48 – $384.48

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