Herpes simplex virus isolation 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.

$27.09 with United Healthcare vs $118.83 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 Charter $27.09
United Healthcare Exchange $27.09
United Healthcare HMO $27.09
United Healthcare Nexus $27.09
Anthem Blue Priority $33.86
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $33.86
Anthem Blue Preferred $40.63
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $71.11
Common Ground Exchange $71.11
Centivo Commercial $74.02
Common Ground Envision $74.02
Aetna HMO $75.51
Health Payment Systems Commercial $84.65
Quartz One Commercial $84.65
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $89.81
Molina Exchange Commercial $93.45
HS Technology Commercial $95.28
Quartz Group Commercial $98.19
Cigna PPO-GPPO $98.43
Everpointe Elite Commercial $99.92
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $109.71
HealthPartners Robin $114.95
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $115.46
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $115.46
Trilogy Commercial $118.83

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Herpes simplex virus isolation 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 $54.06 $33.86 – $147.87
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $68.90 $33.86 – $147.87
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $100.58 $20.32 – $45.89
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $127.05 $33.86 – $59.26
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $75.90 $33.86 – $68.54
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $75.90 $25.40 – $65.35
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $75.90 $33.86 – $68.54
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Franklin $54.06 $33.86 – $152.28

All Wisconsin hospitals for this procedure →