External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells at Aurora West Allis Medical Center
8901 W Lincoln Ave, West Allis, WI · Aurorahealthcare · · NPI 1407801640
$427.50
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.
$855.00
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.
$115.69 with United Healthcare vs $726.75 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 | $115.69 | ↓ -73% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $115.69 | ↓ -73% |
| United Healthcare | Exchange | $115.69 | ↓ -73% |
| United Healthcare | Charter | $115.69 | ↓ -73% |
| Anthem | Blue Priority | $144.61 | ↓ -66% |
| Aurora Caregiver | Commercial | $144.61 | ↓ -66% |
| Anthem | Blue Preferred | $173.53 | ↓ -59% |
| Common Ground | Exchange | $303.68 | ↓ -29% |
| Common Ground | Employee Trust Fund | $303.68 | ↓ -29% |
| Centivo | Commercial | $316.12 | ↓ -26% |
| Common Ground | Envision | $316.12 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | HMO | $322.48 | ↓ -25% |
| Quartz One | Commercial | $361.53 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Payment Systems | Commercial | $361.53 | ↓ -15% |
| Everpointe Elite | Commercial | $367.80 | ↓ -14% |
| HealthPartners | Employee Trust Fund | $383.54 | ↓ -10% |
| Molina Exchange | Commercial | $399.12 | ↓ -7% |
| HS Technology | Commercial | $406.93 | ↓ -5% |
| Quartz Group | Commercial | $419.37 | ↓ -2% |
| Cigna | PPO-GPPO | $422.40 | ↓ -1% |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Aurora Featured | $468.54 | ↑ +10% |
| HealthPartners | Robin | $490.93 | ↑ +15% |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Statewide | $493.12 | ↑ +15% |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Arise | $493.12 | ↑ +15% |
| Trilogy | Commercial | $507.52 | ↑ +19% |
| Health EOS Plus | Commercial | $513.00 | ↑ +20% |
| HealthPartners | Broad | $641.25 | ↑ +50% |
| Health EOS | PPO | $684.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | PPO | $706.23 | ↑ +65% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $719.91 | ↑ +68% |
| Cigna | PPO | $723.33 | ↑ +69% |
| Anthem | PPO | $726.75 | ↑ +70% |
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External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells 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 | $679.99 | $144.61 – $543.30 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $679.99 | $144.61 – $543.30 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $937.60 | $73.00 – $144.61 |
| SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo | Baraboo | $584.10 | $108.46 – $1,238.94 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville | Janesville | $491.70 | $108.46 – $991.13 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison | Madison | $503.80 | $108.46 – $1,013.68 |
| SSM Health Monroe Hospital | Monroe | $2,397.45 | $144.61 – $253.07 |
| SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital | Ripon | $170.64 | $144.61 – $253.07 |