Ghs pacing - transcutaneous 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

$815.00

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$1,630.00

Gross charge

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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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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$815.00 with HS Technology vs $2,415.00 with United Healthcare — 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
HS Technology Commercial $815.00 ↑ +0%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $815.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna HMO $870.42 ↑ +7%
Quartz One Commercial $896.50 ↑ +10%
Common Ground Envision $978.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $978.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Exchange $978.00 ↑ +20%
Quartz Group Commercial $978.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $978.00 ↑ +20%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $978.00 ↑ +20%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $978.00 ↑ +20%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $1,010.60 ↑ +24%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $1,059.50 ↑ +30%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $1,059.50 ↑ +30%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $1,059.50 ↑ +30%
Trilogy Commercial $1,141.00 ↑ +40%
Anthem Blue Priority $1,183.00 ↑ +45%
HealthPartners Robin $1,222.50 ↑ +50%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $1,222.50 ↑ +50%
Centivo Commercial $1,222.50 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Broad $1,222.50 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $1,304.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $1,346.38 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $1,372.46 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $1,378.98 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $1,385.50 ↑ +70%
Anthem Blue Preferred $1,530.00 ↑ +88%
Molina Exchange Commercial $1,825.00 ↑ +124%
United Healthcare Exchange $2,201.00 ↑ +170%
United Healthcare Charter $2,217.00 ↑ +172%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,217.00 ↑ +172%
United Healthcare HMO $2,415.00 ↑ +196%

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Ghs pacing - transcutaneous 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 $1,061.06 $1.31 – $1,401.47
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $1,061.06 $1.31 – $1,401.47
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $1,530.68 $0.74 – $596.97
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $706.20 $481.50 – $2,628.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $854.70 $499.30 – $2,672.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $985.05 $481.50 – $3,193.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $981.20 $2,959.00 – $3,030.00
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $981.20 $490.31 – $3,030.00

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