Vaccine varicella live subcutaneous 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

$639.70

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.

$1,279.39

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.

$183.00 with Anthem vs $1,087.48 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
Anthem Blue Priority $183.00 ↓ -71%
Aetna HMO $186.53 ↓ -71%
Anthem Blue Preferred $219.60 ↓ -66%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $307.44 ↓ -52%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $639.70 ↑ +0%
HS Technology Commercial $639.70 ↑ +0%
Centivo Commercial $639.70 ↑ +0%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $665.28 ↑ +4%
Quartz One Commercial $703.66 ↑ +10%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $703.66 ↑ +10%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $703.66 ↑ +10%
Trilogy Commercial $703.66 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare HMO $759.96 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Exchange $759.96 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Charter $759.96 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Nexus $759.96 ↑ +19%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $767.63 ↑ +20%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $767.63 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Exchange $767.63 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Envision $767.63 ↑ +20%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $767.63 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $767.63 ↑ +20%
Molina Exchange Commercial $767.63 ↑ +20%
Quartz Group Commercial $767.63 ↑ +20%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $831.60 ↑ +30%
HealthPartners Robin $959.54 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Broad $959.54 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $1,023.51 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $1,056.78 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $1,077.25 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $1,082.36 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $1,087.48 ↑ +70%

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Vaccine varicella live subcutaneous 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 $287.22 $219.60 – $595.48
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $292.01 $243.13 – $625.13
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee not published $243.13 – $625.13
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $292.01 $219.60 – $595.48
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $362.84 $36.80 – $177.81
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $583.61 $183.00 – $307.44
Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis $606.10 $183.00 – $307.44
Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.) Oshkosh $314.05 $316.54 – $316.54

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