Chest apical lordotic proj 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

$295.00

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.

$590.00

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.

$200.00 with Aetna vs $501.50 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
Aetna HMO $200.00 ↓ -32%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $240.00 ↓ -19%
Quartz One Commercial $245.00 ↓ -17%
Common Ground Exchange $249.00 ↓ -16%
Common Ground Envision $249.00 ↓ -16%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $249.00 ↓ -16%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $259.00 ↓ -12%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $266.00 ↓ -10%
Anthem Blue Priority $275.00 ↓ -7%
Quartz Group Commercial $290.00 ↓ -2%
HS Technology Commercial $293.00 ↓ -1%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $299.00 ↑ +1%
Molina Exchange Commercial $308.00 ↑ +4%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $315.00 ↑ +7%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $315.00 ↑ +7%
Centivo Commercial $328.00 ↑ +11%
HealthPartners Robin $330.00 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Exchange $336.00 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare Charter $339.00 ↑ +15%
United Healthcare Nexus $339.00 ↑ +15%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $354.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem Blue Preferred $357.00 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare HMO $369.00 ↑ +25%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $400.00 ↑ +36%
Trilogy Commercial $410.00 ↑ +39%
HealthPartners Broad $442.50 ↑ +50%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $460.00 ↑ +56%
Health EOS PPO $472.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $487.34 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $496.78 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $499.14 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $501.50 ↑ +70%

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Chest apical lordotic proj 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 $142.57 $21.76 – $188.56
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $413.93 $21.76 – $188.56
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $545.16 $12.25 – $212.61
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $392.15 $63.40 – $268.21
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $402.05 $65.74 – $192.47
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $309.65 $63.40 – $201.95
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $130.90 $66.13 – $84.53
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $261.25 $82.60 – $82.60

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