Homocysteine 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

$160.00

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.

$320.00

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.

$14.34 with United Healthcare vs $272.00 with Anthem — 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 Exchange $14.34 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare HMO $14.34 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Charter $14.34 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Nexus $14.34 ↓ -91%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $17.92 ↓ -89%
Anthem Blue Priority $17.92 ↓ -89%
Anthem Blue Preferred $21.50 ↓ -87%
Common Ground Exchange $37.63 ↓ -76%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $37.63 ↓ -76%
Common Ground Envision $39.17 ↓ -76%
Centivo Commercial $39.17 ↓ -76%
Aetna HMO $39.96 ↓ -75%
Quartz One Commercial $44.80 ↓ -72%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $44.80 ↓ -72%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $47.52 ↓ -70%
Molina Exchange Commercial $49.46 ↓ -69%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $49.78 ↓ -69%
HS Technology Commercial $50.43 ↓ -68%
Quartz Group Commercial $51.97 ↓ -68%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $52.56 ↓ -67%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $58.06 ↓ -64%
HealthPartners Robin $60.83 ↓ -62%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $61.11 ↓ -62%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $61.11 ↓ -62%
Trilogy Commercial $62.90 ↓ -61%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $192.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $240.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $256.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $264.32 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $269.44 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $270.72 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $272.00 ↑ +70%

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Homocysteine 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 $147.87 $17.92 – $73.37
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $147.87 $17.92 – $73.37
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $208.36 $10.75 – $81.26
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $96.99 $17.38 – $30.23
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $29.15 $13.44 – $167.69
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $35.20 $13.44 – $134.13
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $24.20 $13.44 – $137.20
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $87.45 $17.92 – $31.36

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