Breath recording infant 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

$730.00

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.

$1,460.00

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.

$611.00 with United Healthcare vs $1,632.00 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 $611.00 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Charter $615.00 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Nexus $615.00 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare HMO $670.00 ↓ -8%
HS Technology Commercial $730.00 ↑ +0%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $730.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna HMO $779.64 ↑ +7%
Molina Exchange Commercial $796.00 ↑ +9%
Quartz One Commercial $803.00 ↑ +10%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $876.00 ↑ +20%
Quartz Group Commercial $876.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $876.00 ↑ +20%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $876.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Envision $876.00 ↑ +20%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $876.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Exchange $876.00 ↑ +20%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $905.20 ↑ +24%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $949.00 ↑ +30%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $949.00 ↑ +30%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $949.00 ↑ +30%
Trilogy Commercial $1,022.00 ↑ +40%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $1,095.00 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Broad $1,095.00 ↑ +50%
Centivo Commercial $1,095.00 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Robin $1,095.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $1,168.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $1,205.96 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $1,229.32 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $1,235.16 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $1,241.00 ↑ +70%
Anthem Blue Priority $1,265.00 ↑ +73%
Anthem Blue Preferred $1,632.00 ↑ +124%

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Breath recording infant at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $730.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $730.00 not published
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $730.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette $730.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Washington County Hartford $730.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $730.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County Sheboygan $730.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Grafton Grafton $730.00 not published

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