Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service 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.

$2.40 with United Healthcare vs $29.22 with Wisconsin Physician Service — 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 $2.40
United Healthcare Exchange $2.40
United Healthcare HMO $2.40
United Healthcare Charter $2.40
Everpointe Elite Commercial $6.46
Common Ground Envision $6.56
Centivo Commercial $6.56
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $7.96
HS Technology Commercial $8.44
Anthem Blue Priority $8.57
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $8.83
HealthPartners Robin $10.19
Anthem Blue Preferred $10.28
Trilogy Commercial $10.52
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $18.54
Common Ground Exchange $18.54
Aetna HMO $20.27
Health Payment Systems Commercial $22.08
Quartz One Commercial $22.08
Molina Exchange Commercial $25.09
Quartz Group Commercial $25.61
Cigna PPO-GPPO $25.80
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $27.77
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $29.22
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $29.22

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Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service 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 $40.81 $3.75 – $14.57
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $40.81 $3.75 – $14.57
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $94.05 $7.00 – $17.50
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $17.05 $7.00 – $17.91
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $18.15 $3.57 – $15.91
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $10.00 $2.40 – $27.77
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $10.00 $2.40 – $27.77
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $10.00 $2.40 – $27.77

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