Warde cobalt heavy metal quantitative each nes 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

$122.50

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.

$245.00

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.

$17.57 with United Healthcare vs $110.50 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 HMO $17.57 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Nexus $17.57 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Exchange $17.57 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Charter $17.57 ↓ -86%
Anthem Blue Priority $21.96 ↓ -82%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $21.96 ↓ -82%
Anthem Blue Preferred $26.35 ↓ -78%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $46.12 ↓ -62%
Common Ground Exchange $46.12 ↓ -62%
Centivo Commercial $48.00 ↓ -61%
Common Ground Envision $48.00 ↓ -61%
Aetna HMO $48.97 ↓ -60%
Quartz One Commercial $54.90 ↓ -55%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $54.90 ↓ -55%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $58.25 ↓ -52%
Molina Exchange Commercial $60.61 ↓ -51%
HS Technology Commercial $61.80 ↓ -50%
Quartz Group Commercial $63.68 ↓ -48%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $64.02 ↓ -48%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $64.81 ↓ -47%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $71.15 ↓ -42%
HealthPartners Robin $74.55 ↓ -39%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $74.88 ↓ -39%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $74.88 ↓ -39%
Trilogy Commercial $77.07 ↓ -37%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $78.00 ↓ -36%
HealthPartners Broad $97.50 ↓ -20%
Health EOS PPO $104.00 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO $107.38 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare PPO $109.46 ↓ -11%
Cigna PPO $109.98 ↓ -10%
Anthem PPO $110.50 ↓ -10%

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Warde cobalt heavy metal quantitative each nes 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 $136.21 $21.96 – $96.28
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $57.24 $21.96 – $99.15
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $57.24 $21.96 – $99.15
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $147.87 $21.96 – $96.28
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $218.36 $13.18 – $85.16
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $86.92 $21.30 – $39.35
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $262.35 $16.47 – $218.34
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $315.70 $16.47 – $174.67

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