Fetal biophys profile w/nst 76818 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

$720.00

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.

$1,440.00

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.

$300.00 with Aurora Caregiver vs $700.00 with Cigna — 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
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $300.00 ↓ -58%
Aetna HMO $301.00 ↓ -58%
Quartz One Commercial $315.00 ↓ -56%
Anthem Blue Priority $316.00 ↓ -56%
HS Technology Commercial $366.00 ↓ -49%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $368.00 ↓ -49%
Common Ground Exchange $368.00 ↓ -49%
Common Ground Envision $368.00 ↓ -49%
Quartz Group Commercial $370.00 ↓ -49%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $372.00 ↓ -48%
Centivo Commercial $383.00 ↓ -47%
Molina Exchange Commercial $392.00 ↓ -46%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $406.00 ↓ -44%
Anthem Blue Preferred $408.00 ↓ -43%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $432.00 ↓ -40%
HealthPartners Robin $464.00 ↓ -36%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $499.00 ↓ -31%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $525.00 ↓ -27%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $525.00 ↓ -27%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $525.00 ↓ -27%
Trilogy Commercial $526.00 ↓ -27%
HealthPartners Broad $540.00 ↓ -25%
Health EOS PPO $576.00 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Exchange $581.00 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Nexus $586.00 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Charter $586.00 ↓ -19%
Aetna PPO $594.72 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare PPO $606.24 ↓ -16%
Cigna PPO $609.12 ↓ -15%
Anthem PPO $612.00 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare HMO $638.00 ↓ -11%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $700.00 ↓ -3%

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Fetal biophys profile w/nst 76818 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 $720.80 $83.66 – $245.18
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $720.80 $83.66 – $245.18
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $1,415.87 $46.87 – $552.19
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $603.35 $101.55 – $179.46
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $409.20 $225.98 – $225.98
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $409.20 $77.56 – $199.58
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $409.20 $225.98 – $225.98
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $720.00 not published

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