T4 (thyroxine) free 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

$90.00

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.

$180.00

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.

$7.22 with United Healthcare vs $153.00 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 $7.22 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Nexus $7.22 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare HMO $7.22 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Charter $7.22 ↓ -92%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $9.02 ↓ -90%
Anthem Blue Priority $9.02 ↓ -90%
Anthem Blue Preferred $10.82 ↓ -88%
Common Ground Exchange $18.94 ↓ -79%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $18.94 ↓ -79%
Centivo Commercial $19.72 ↓ -78%
Common Ground Envision $19.72 ↓ -78%
Aetna HMO $20.11 ↓ -78%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $22.55 ↓ -75%
Quartz One Commercial $22.55 ↓ -75%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $23.93 ↓ -73%
Molina Exchange Commercial $24.90 ↓ -72%
HS Technology Commercial $25.38 ↓ -72%
Quartz Group Commercial $26.16 ↓ -71%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $26.61 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $26.76 ↓ -70%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $29.22 ↓ -68%
HealthPartners Robin $30.62 ↓ -66%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $30.76 ↓ -66%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $30.76 ↓ -66%
Trilogy Commercial $31.66 ↓ -65%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $108.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $135.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $144.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $148.68 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $151.56 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $152.28 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $153.00 ↑ +70%

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T4 (thyroxine) free 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 $91.69 $9.02 – $38.96
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $91.69 $9.02 – $38.96
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $121.18 $5.41 – $52.17
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $88.51 $8.75 – $16.16
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $165.55 $6.76 – $89.62
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $199.10 $6.76 – $71.68
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $138.60 $6.76 – $73.31
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $76.45 $9.02 – $15.79

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