Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) 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

$67.60

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$135.19

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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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$1.82 with Anthem vs $114.91 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

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 $1.82 ↓ -97%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $1.82 ↓ -97%
Aetna HMO $1.85 ↓ -97%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $2.10 ↓ -97%
Anthem Blue Preferred $2.18 ↓ -97%
HealthPartners Robin $2.20 ↓ -97%
Centivo Commercial $2.36 ↓ -97%
Common Ground Envision $2.36 ↓ -97%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $2.43 ↓ -96%
Quartz One Commercial $2.43 ↓ -96%
Common Ground Exchange $2.50 ↓ -96%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $2.50 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $2.70 ↓ -96%
Quartz Group Commercial $2.79 ↓ -96%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $3.96 ↓ -94%
Molina Exchange Commercial $4.39 ↓ -94%
HS Technology Commercial $67.60 ↑ +0%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $70.30 ↑ +4%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $74.35 ↑ +10%
Trilogy Commercial $74.35 ↑ +10%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $74.35 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Charter $80.30 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare HMO $80.30 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Exchange $80.30 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Nexus $80.30 ↑ +19%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $81.11 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $101.39 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $108.15 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $111.67 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $113.83 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $114.37 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $114.91 ↑ +70%

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Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $18.40 $1.68 – $19.55
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $100.42 $1.82 – $4.39
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $57.65 $1.82 – $4.39
Aurora Medical Center Kenosha Kenosha $70.69 $1.82 – $4.39
Adventhealth Durand Durand $23.25 not published
HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center GREEN BAY $69.96 $2.86 – $3.13
HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital SHEBOYGAN $69.96 $2.86 – $3.13
HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Green Bay $69.96 $2.86 – $3.13

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