Warde 1003990 aldosterone 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

$142.50

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.

$285.00

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.

$32.60 with United Healthcare vs $242.25 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 Nexus $32.60 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Exchange $32.60 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Charter $32.60 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare HMO $32.60 ↓ -77%
Anthem Blue Priority $40.75 ↓ -71%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $40.75 ↓ -71%
Anthem Blue Preferred $48.90 ↓ -66%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $85.58 ↓ -40%
Common Ground Exchange $85.58 ↓ -40%
Common Ground Envision $89.08 ↓ -37%
Centivo Commercial $89.08 ↓ -37%
Aetna HMO $90.87 ↓ -36%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $101.88 ↓ -29%
Quartz One Commercial $101.88 ↓ -29%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $108.08 ↓ -24%
Molina Exchange Commercial $112.47 ↓ -21%
HS Technology Commercial $114.67 ↓ -20%
Quartz Group Commercial $118.18 ↓ -17%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $118.50 ↓ -17%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $120.24 ↓ -16%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $132.03 ↓ -7%
HealthPartners Robin $138.34 ↓ -3%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $138.96 ↓ -2%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $138.96 ↓ -2%
Trilogy Commercial $143.02 ↑ +0%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $171.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $213.75 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $228.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $235.41 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $239.97 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $241.11 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $242.25 ↑ +70%

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Warde 1003990 aldosterone 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 $209.35 $40.75 – $177.65
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $131.97 $40.75 – $182.95
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $131.97 $40.75 – $182.95
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $209.35 $40.75 – $177.65
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $424.45 $24.45 – $165.53
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $121.37 $39.53 – $73.01
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $36.85 $30.56 – $405.07
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $44.00 $30.56 – $324.04

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