Vest large holster 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

$547.20

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.

$1,094.40

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.

$531.88 with Aetna vs $930.24 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 $531.88 ↓ -3%
HS Technology Commercial $547.20 ↑ +0%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $547.20 ↑ +0%
Quartz One Commercial $601.92 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Exchange $650.07 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare HMO $650.07 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Charter $650.07 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Nexus $650.07 ↑ +19%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $656.64 ↑ +20%
Anthem Blue Priority $656.64 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Exchange $656.64 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $656.64 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Envision $656.64 ↑ +20%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $656.64 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $656.64 ↑ +20%
Molina Exchange Commercial $656.64 ↑ +20%
Quartz Group Commercial $656.64 ↑ +20%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $678.53 ↑ +24%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $711.36 ↑ +30%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $711.36 ↑ +30%
Anthem Blue Preferred $711.36 ↑ +30%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $711.36 ↑ +30%
Trilogy Commercial $766.08 ↑ +40%
HealthPartners Robin $820.80 ↑ +50%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $820.80 ↑ +50%
Centivo Commercial $820.80 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Broad $820.80 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $875.52 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $903.97 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $921.48 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $925.86 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $930.24 ↑ +70%

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Vest large holster at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $309.35 – $637.41
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $474.36 – $632.48
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac not published $474.36 – $1,220.69

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