Critical care each additional 30 minutes 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

$685.00

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.

$1,370.00

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.

$822.00 with Health EOS Plus vs $7,253.00 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
Health EOS Plus Commercial $822.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $1,027.50 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $1,096.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $1,131.62 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $1,153.54 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $1,159.02 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $1,164.50 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare Exchange $1,985.00 ↑ +190%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,000.00 ↑ +192%
United Healthcare Charter $2,000.00 ↑ +192%
United Healthcare HMO $2,180.00 ↑ +218%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $2,200.00 ↑ +221%
Molina Exchange Commercial $3,533.00 ↑ +416%
Aetna HMO $3,899.00 ↑ +469%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $4,138.00 ↑ +504%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $4,400.00 ↑ +542%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $4,806.00 ↑ +602%
Centivo Commercial $5,026.00 ↑ +634%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $5,194.00 ↑ +658%
Common Ground Exchange $5,194.00 ↑ +658%
Common Ground Envision $5,194.00 ↑ +658%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $5,250.00 ↑ +666%
HealthPartners Robin $5,282.00 ↑ +671%
HS Technology Commercial $5,628.00 ↑ +722%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $5,756.00 ↑ +740%
Anthem Blue Priority $5,773.00 ↑ +743%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $6,059.00 ↑ +785%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $6,059.00 ↑ +785%
Quartz One Commercial $6,130.00 ↑ +795%
Anthem Blue Preferred $7,018.00 ↑ +925%
Quartz Group Commercial $7,170.00 ↑ +947%
Trilogy Commercial $7,253.00 ↑ +959%

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Critical care each additional 30 minutes 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 $868.67 $171.90 – $317.52
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $868.67 $171.90 – $317.52
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $2,169.54 $48.30 – $846.12
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $856.90 not published
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $929.50 not published
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $1,199.00 not published
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $918.50 not published
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $827.75 not published

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