Fluoro polarize fetal lung 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.

$15.13 with United Healthcare vs $66.36 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 HMO $15.13
United Healthcare Exchange $15.13
United Healthcare Charter $15.13
United Healthcare Nexus $15.13
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $18.91
Anthem Blue Priority $18.91
Anthem Blue Preferred $22.69
Common Ground Exchange $39.71
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $39.71
Centivo Commercial $41.34
Common Ground Envision $41.34
Aetna HMO $42.17
Quartz One Commercial $47.28
Health Payment Systems Commercial $47.28
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $50.15
Molina Exchange Commercial $52.19
HS Technology Commercial $53.21
Quartz Group Commercial $54.84
Cigna PPO-GPPO $55.44
Everpointe Elite Commercial $55.79
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $61.27
HealthPartners Robin $64.20
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $64.48
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $64.48
Trilogy Commercial $66.36

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Fluoro polarize fetal lung 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 $127.20 $18.91 – $82.54
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $127.20 $18.91 – $82.54
HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center GREEN BAY $434.94 $13.65 – $42.55
HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital SHEBOYGAN $434.94 $13.65 – $42.55
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital OCONTO FALLS $434.94 $13.65 – $24.58
HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Green Bay $434.94 $13.65 – $42.55
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $11.35 – $29.41
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $18.34 – $33.91

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