X-ray sternoclavicular joint(s) > 3 views 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

$267.50

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.

$535.00

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.

$200.00 with Aetna vs $460.00 with Cigna — 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 $200.00 ↓ -25%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $240.00 ↓ -10%
Quartz One Commercial $245.00 ↓ -8%
Common Ground Exchange $249.00 ↓ -7%
Common Ground Envision $249.00 ↓ -7%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $249.00 ↓ -7%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $259.00 ↓ -3%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $266.00 ↓ -1%
Anthem Blue Priority $275.00 ↑ +3%
Quartz Group Commercial $290.00 ↑ +8%
HS Technology Commercial $293.00 ↑ +10%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $299.00 ↑ +12%
Molina Exchange Commercial $308.00 ↑ +15%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $315.00 ↑ +18%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $315.00 ↑ +18%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $321.00 ↑ +20%
Centivo Commercial $328.00 ↑ +23%
HealthPartners Robin $330.00 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare Exchange $336.00 ↑ +26%
United Healthcare Charter $339.00 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare Nexus $339.00 ↑ +27%
Anthem Blue Preferred $357.00 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare HMO $369.00 ↑ +38%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $400.00 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Broad $401.25 ↑ +50%
Trilogy Commercial $410.00 ↑ +53%
Health EOS PPO $428.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $441.91 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $450.47 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $452.61 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $454.75 ↑ +70%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $460.00 ↑ +72%

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X-ray sternoclavicular joint(s) > 3 views 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 $244.86 $17.24 – $188.56
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $156.88 $38.50 – $204.00
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $156.88 $38.50 – $204.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $244.86 $17.24 – $188.56
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $601.04 $9.70 – $234.40
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $237.60 $63.40 – $264.67
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $322.30 $65.74 – $189.94
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $366.30 $63.40 – $199.27

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