An cholangiogram percutaneous compl at Aurora West Allis Medical Center

8901 W Lincoln Ave, West Allis, WI · Aurorahealthcare · · NPI 1407801640

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Nov 21, 2025 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$945.00

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.

$1,890.00

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.

$812.70 with HealthPartners vs $10,843.00 with United Healthcare — 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
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $812.70 ↓ -14%
HealthPartners Robin $1,096.20 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $1,134.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem Blue Priority $1,183.00 ↑ +25%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $1,291.00 ↑ +37%
HealthPartners Broad $1,417.50 ↑ +50%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $1,492.00 ↑ +58%
Common Ground Envision $1,492.00 ↑ +58%
Common Ground Exchange $1,492.00 ↑ +58%
Health EOS PPO $1,512.00 ↑ +60%
Anthem Blue Preferred $1,530.00 ↑ +62%
Aetna PPO $1,561.14 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $1,591.38 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $1,598.94 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $1,606.50 ↑ +70%
Quartz One Commercial $1,670.00 ↑ +77%
Molina Exchange Commercial $1,825.00 ↑ +93%
Aetna HMO $1,894.00 ↑ +100%
Quartz Group Commercial $1,950.00 ↑ +106%
Centivo Commercial $1,967.00 ↑ +108%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $2,115.00 ↑ +124%
HS Technology Commercial $2,138.00 ↑ +126%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $2,226.00 ↑ +136%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $2,226.00 ↑ +136%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $2,250.00 ↑ +138%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $2,300.00 ↑ +143%
Trilogy Commercial $2,340.00 ↑ +148%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $3,500.00 ↑ +270%
United Healthcare Exchange $9,882.00 ↑ +946%
United Healthcare Nexus $9,953.00 ↑ +953%
United Healthcare Charter $9,953.00 ↑ +953%
United Healthcare HMO $10,843.00 ↑ +1047%

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An cholangiogram percutaneous compl 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 $8,358.10 $111.54 – $1,542.83
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $8,358.10 $111.54 – $1,542.83
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $2,687.60 $63.56 – $1,115.35
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $2,190.65 $2,608.32 – $11,257.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $2,699.40 $2,704.78 – $10,498.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $2,403.50 $2,608.32 – $9,052.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $558.25 $3,477.76 – $10,137.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $2,426.60 $3,735.00 – $8,770.00

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