Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer manual screening at Aurora West Allis Medical Center
8901 W Lincoln Ave, West Allis, WI · Aurorahealthcare · · NPI 1407801640
$87.50
Cash price 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.
$175.00
Gross charge 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.
$16.21 with United Healthcare vs $148.75 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United Healthcare | HMO | $16.21 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $16.21 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | Exchange | $16.21 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | Charter | $16.21 | ↓ -81% |
| Anthem | Blue Priority | $20.26 | ↓ -77% |
| Aurora Caregiver | Commercial | $20.26 | ↓ -77% |
| Anthem | Blue Preferred | $24.31 | ↓ -72% |
| Common Ground | Employee Trust Fund | $42.55 | ↓ -51% |
| Common Ground | Exchange | $42.55 | ↓ -51% |
| Centivo | Commercial | $44.29 | ↓ -49% |
| Common Ground | Envision | $44.29 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | HMO | $45.18 | ↓ -48% |
| Quartz One | Commercial | $50.65 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Payment Systems | Commercial | $50.65 | ↓ -42% |
| HealthPartners | Employee Trust Fund | $53.74 | ↓ -39% |
| Molina Exchange | Commercial | $55.92 | ↓ -36% |
| HS Technology | Commercial | $57.01 | ↓ -35% |
| Quartz Group | Commercial | $58.75 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | PPO-GPPO | $59.25 | ↓ -32% |
| Everpointe Elite | Commercial | $59.78 | ↓ -32% |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Aurora Featured | $65.64 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthPartners | Robin | $68.78 | ↓ -21% |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Statewide | $69.09 | ↓ -21% |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Arise | $69.09 | ↓ -21% |
| Trilogy | Commercial | $71.10 | ↓ -19% |
| Health EOS Plus | Commercial | $105.00 | ↑ +20% |
| HealthPartners | Broad | $131.25 | ↑ +50% |
| Health EOS | PPO | $140.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | PPO | $144.55 | ↑ +65% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $147.35 | ↑ +68% |
| Cigna | PPO | $148.05 | ↑ +69% |
| Anthem | PPO | $148.75 | ↑ +70% |
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Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer manual screening at other Wisconsin hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Milwaukee | $33.92 | $20.26 – $88.27 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $33.92 | $20.26 – $88.27 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $76.00 | $20.26 – $35.15 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo | Baraboo | $108.35 | $15.20 – $201.41 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville | Janesville | $99.55 | $15.20 – $161.13 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison | Madison | $48.40 | $15.20 – $164.79 |
| SSM Health Monroe Hospital | Monroe | $72.05 | $20.26 – $35.46 |
| SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital | Ripon | $172.15 | $20.26 – $40.98 |