Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection 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

$16.77

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.

$33.53

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.

$6.85 with Anthem vs $28.19 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
Anthem Blue Priority $6.85 ↓ -59%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $7.40 ↓ -56%
Aetna HMO $7.74 ↓ -54%
Anthem Blue Preferred $8.22 ↓ -51%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $8.76 ↓ -48%
HealthPartners Robin $9.17 ↓ -45%
Common Ground Envision $9.85 ↓ -41%
Centivo Commercial $9.85 ↓ -41%
Common Ground Exchange $10.14 ↓ -40%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $10.14 ↓ -40%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $10.14 ↓ -40%
Quartz One Commercial $10.14 ↓ -40%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $11.02 ↓ -34%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $11.27 ↓ -33%
Quartz Group Commercial $11.64 ↓ -31%
HS Technology Commercial $16.59 ↓ -1%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $17.25 ↑ +3%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $18.24 ↑ +9%
Trilogy Commercial $18.24 ↑ +9%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $18.24 ↑ +9%
Molina Exchange Commercial $18.32 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Charter $19.70 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Nexus $19.70 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Exchange $19.70 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare HMO $19.70 ↑ +17%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $19.90 ↑ +19%
HealthPartners Broad $24.88 ↑ +48%
Health EOS PPO $26.54 ↑ +58%
Aetna PPO $27.40 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare PPO $27.93 ↑ +67%
Cigna PPO $28.06 ↑ +67%
Anthem PPO $28.19 ↑ +68%

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