Blood typing patient serum at Aurora Psychiatric Hospital

1220 Dewey Ave, Wauwatosa, WI · Aurorahealthcare · · NPI 1881627438

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Nov 21, 2025 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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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.

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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.

$13.07 with United Healthcare vs $57.35 with Trilogy — 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 $13.07
United Healthcare Exchange $13.07
United Healthcare HMO $13.07
United Healthcare Charter $13.07
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $16.34
Anthem Blue Priority $16.34
Anthem Blue Preferred $19.61
Everpointe Elite Commercial $28.09
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $34.31
Common Ground Exchange $34.31
Common Ground Envision $35.72
Centivo Commercial $35.72
Aetna HMO $36.44
Health Payment Systems Commercial $40.85
Quartz One Commercial $40.85
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $43.34
Molina Exchange Commercial $45.10
HS Technology Commercial $45.98
Quartz Group Commercial $47.39
Cigna PPO-GPPO $47.79
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $52.94
HealthPartners Robin $55.48
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $55.72
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $55.72
Trilogy Commercial $57.35

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Blood typing patient serum 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 $92.75 $17.16 – $127.20
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $92.75 $17.16 – $127.20
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $89.65 $16.34 – $28.60
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $89.65 $16.34 – $112.62
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $89.65 $16.34 – $28.60
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $37.50 $13.07 – $57.35
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $37.50 $13.07 – $57.35
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $37.50 $13.07 – $57.35

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