Phenobarbital therapeutic drug level 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

$112.50

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.

$225.00

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.

$12.24 with United Healthcare vs $191.25 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 $12.24 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Nexus $12.24 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare HMO $12.24 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Charter $12.24 ↓ -89%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $15.30 ↓ -86%
Anthem Blue Priority $15.30 ↓ -86%
Anthem Blue Preferred $18.36 ↓ -84%
Common Ground Exchange $32.13 ↓ -71%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $32.13 ↓ -71%
Common Ground Envision $33.45 ↓ -70%
Centivo Commercial $33.45 ↓ -70%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $33.78 ↓ -70%
Aetna HMO $34.12 ↓ -70%
Quartz One Commercial $38.25 ↓ -66%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $38.25 ↓ -66%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $40.58 ↓ -64%
Molina Exchange Commercial $42.23 ↓ -62%
HS Technology Commercial $43.05 ↓ -62%
Quartz Group Commercial $44.37 ↓ -61%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $44.91 ↓ -60%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $49.57 ↓ -56%
HealthPartners Robin $51.94 ↓ -54%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $52.17 ↓ -54%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $52.17 ↓ -54%
Trilogy Commercial $53.71 ↓ -52%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $135.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $168.75 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $180.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $185.85 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $189.45 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $190.35 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $191.25 ↑ +70%

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Phenobarbital therapeutic drug level 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 $96.46 $15.30 – $50.42
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $96.46 $15.30 – $50.42
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $152.26 $9.18 – $68.08
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $45.05 $14.84 – $20.52
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $68.20 $11.48 – $113.84
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $57.20 $11.48 – $91.07
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $58.85 $11.48 – $93.13
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $122.10 $15.30 – $26.78

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