Prealbumin 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

$100.00

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.

$200.00

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.

$11.67 with United Healthcare vs $170.00 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 Charter $11.67 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare HMO $11.67 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Nexus $11.67 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Exchange $11.67 ↓ -88%
Anthem Blue Priority $14.59 ↓ -85%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $14.59 ↓ -85%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $16.48 ↓ -84%
Anthem Blue Preferred $17.51 ↓ -82%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $30.64 ↓ -69%
Common Ground Exchange $30.64 ↓ -69%
Centivo Commercial $31.89 ↓ -68%
Common Ground Envision $31.89 ↓ -68%
Aetna HMO $32.54 ↓ -67%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $36.48 ↓ -64%
Quartz One Commercial $36.48 ↓ -64%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $38.70 ↓ -61%
Molina Exchange Commercial $40.27 ↓ -60%
HS Technology Commercial $41.06 ↓ -59%
Quartz Group Commercial $42.31 ↓ -58%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $43.02 ↓ -57%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $47.27 ↓ -53%
HealthPartners Robin $49.53 ↓ -50%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $49.75 ↓ -50%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $49.75 ↓ -50%
Trilogy Commercial $51.20 ↓ -49%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $120.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $150.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $160.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $165.20 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $168.40 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $169.20 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $170.00 ↑ +70%

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Prealbumin 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 $47.17 $13.21 – $56.37
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $47.17 $13.21 – $56.37
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $120.80 $8.75 – $33.47
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $27.03 $7.89 – $26.12
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $142.45 $10.94 – $55.54
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $172.15 $10.94 – $44.42
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $119.35 $10.94 – $45.44
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $81.40 $14.59 – $25.53

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