Assay of tyrosine 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

$60.00

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.

$120.00

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.

$8.50 with United Healthcare vs $37.32 with Trilogy — 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 Nexus $8.50 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Exchange $8.50 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare HMO $8.50 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Charter $8.50 ↓ -86%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $10.63 ↓ -82%
Anthem Blue Priority $10.63 ↓ -82%
Anthem Blue Preferred $12.76 ↓ -79%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $15.00 ↓ -75%
HealthPartners Broad $18.75 ↓ -69%
Health EOS PPO $20.00 ↓ -67%
Aetna PPO $20.65 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare PPO $21.05 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $21.15 ↓ -65%
Anthem PPO $21.25 ↓ -65%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $22.32 ↓ -63%
Common Ground Exchange $22.32 ↓ -63%
Common Ground Envision $23.24 ↓ -61%
Centivo Commercial $23.24 ↓ -61%
Aetna HMO $23.70 ↓ -61%
Quartz One Commercial $26.58 ↓ -56%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $26.58 ↓ -56%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $28.19 ↓ -53%
Molina Exchange Commercial $29.34 ↓ -51%
HS Technology Commercial $29.91 ↓ -50%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $30.57 ↓ -49%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $30.68 ↓ -49%
Quartz Group Commercial $30.83 ↓ -49%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $34.44 ↓ -43%
HealthPartners Robin $36.09 ↓ -40%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $36.25 ↓ -40%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $36.25 ↓ -40%
Trilogy Commercial $37.32 ↓ -38%

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