Hemoglobin copper sulfate 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

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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.

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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.

$3.21 with United Healthcare vs $14.07 with Trilogy — 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 Nexus $3.21
United Healthcare Exchange $3.21
United Healthcare HMO $3.21
United Healthcare Charter $3.21
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $4.01
Anthem Blue Priority $4.01
Anthem Blue Preferred $4.81
Everpointe Elite Commercial $6.98
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $8.42
Common Ground Exchange $8.42
Common Ground Envision $8.77
Centivo Commercial $8.77
Aetna HMO $8.94
Quartz One Commercial $10.03
Health Payment Systems Commercial $10.03
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $10.64
Molina Exchange Commercial $11.07
HS Technology Commercial $11.28
Cigna PPO-GPPO $11.46
Quartz Group Commercial $11.63
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $12.99
HealthPartners Robin $13.62
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $13.67
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $13.67
Trilogy Commercial $14.07

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Hemoglobin copper sulfate at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $13.78 $4.01 – $12.55
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee not published $4.01 – $12.55
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $4.01 – $5.63
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $3.34 – $4.22
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $3.01 – $23.50
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $3.01 – $18.80
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison not published $3.01 – $19.23
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe not published $4.01 – $7.02

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