Vancomycin hcl injection 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

$39.20

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.

$78.40

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.

$1.92 with Aetna vs $24.86 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
Aetna HMO $1.92 ↓ -95%
Anthem Blue Priority $1.95 ↓ -95%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $2.16 ↓ -94%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $2.17 ↓ -94%
HealthPartners Robin $2.27 ↓ -94%
Anthem Blue Preferred $2.34 ↓ -94%
Common Ground Envision $2.44 ↓ -94%
Centivo Commercial $2.44 ↓ -94%
Quartz One Commercial $2.52 ↓ -94%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $2.52 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $2.79 ↓ -93%
Quartz Group Commercial $2.89 ↓ -93%
Common Ground Exchange $2.96 ↓ -92%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $2.96 ↓ -92%
Molina Exchange Commercial $4.55 ↓ -88%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $6.78 ↓ -83%
HS Technology Commercial $14.63 ↓ -63%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $15.21 ↓ -61%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $16.09 ↓ -59%
Trilogy Commercial $16.09 ↓ -59%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $16.09 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Charter $17.37 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Nexus $17.37 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Exchange $17.37 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare HMO $17.37 ↓ -56%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $17.55 ↓ -55%
HealthPartners Broad $21.94 ↓ -44%
Health EOS PPO $23.40 ↓ -40%
Aetna PPO $24.16 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare PPO $24.63 ↓ -37%
Cigna PPO $24.75 ↓ -37%
Anthem PPO $24.86 ↓ -37%

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Vancomycin hcl injection 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 $148.11 $2.81 – $7.35
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $145.92 $2.29 – $18.71
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $252.36 $2.29 – $6.11
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $145.42 $2.81 – $7.35
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $82.77 $0.22 – $0.80
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $29.92 $1.92 – $6.78
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $11.09 $1.92 – $6.78
Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc Two Rivers $19.00 $1.92 – $6.78

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