Gentamicin peak therapeutic drug level 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

$142.50

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.

$285.00

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.

$13.10 with United Healthcare vs $242.25 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
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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
United Healthcare HMO $13.10 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Nexus $13.10 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Exchange $13.10 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Charter $13.10 ↓ -91%
Anthem Blue Priority $16.38 ↓ -89%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $16.38 ↓ -89%
Anthem Blue Preferred $19.66 ↓ -86%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $34.40 ↓ -76%
Common Ground Exchange $34.40 ↓ -76%
Centivo Commercial $35.81 ↓ -75%
Common Ground Envision $35.81 ↓ -75%
Aetna HMO $36.53 ↓ -74%
Quartz One Commercial $40.95 ↓ -71%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $40.95 ↓ -71%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $43.45 ↓ -70%
Molina Exchange Commercial $45.21 ↓ -68%
HS Technology Commercial $46.09 ↓ -68%
Quartz Group Commercial $47.50 ↓ -67%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $47.79 ↓ -66%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $48.34 ↓ -66%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $53.07 ↓ -63%
HealthPartners Robin $55.61 ↓ -61%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $55.86 ↓ -61%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $55.86 ↓ -61%
Trilogy Commercial $57.49 ↓ -60%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $171.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $213.75 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $228.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $235.41 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $239.97 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $241.11 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $242.25 ↑ +70%

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Gentamicin peak therapeutic drug level 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 $130.91 $16.38 – $71.05
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $130.91 $16.38 – $71.05
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $192.82 $9.83 – $75.20
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $55.65 $15.89 – $29.37
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $180.95 $12.28 – $162.85
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $172.15 $12.28 – $130.29
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $176.00 $12.28 – $133.27
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $159.50 $16.38 – $28.67

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