Hip X-ray 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

$345.00

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.

$690.00

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.

$200.00 with Aetna vs $586.50 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
Aetna HMO $200.00 ↓ -42%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $240.00 ↓ -30%
Quartz One Commercial $245.00 ↓ -29%
Common Ground Exchange $249.00 ↓ -28%
Common Ground Envision $249.00 ↓ -28%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $249.00 ↓ -28%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $259.00 ↓ -25%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $266.00 ↓ -23%
Anthem Blue Priority $275.00 ↓ -20%
Quartz Group Commercial $290.00 ↓ -16%
HS Technology Commercial $293.00 ↓ -15%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $299.00 ↓ -13%
Molina Exchange Commercial $308.00 ↓ -11%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $315.00 ↓ -9%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $315.00 ↓ -9%
Centivo Commercial $328.00 ↓ -5%
HealthPartners Robin $330.00 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Exchange $336.00 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Charter $339.00 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Nexus $339.00 ↓ -2%
Anthem Blue Preferred $357.00 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare HMO $369.00 ↑ +7%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $400.00 ↑ +16%
Trilogy Commercial $410.00 ↑ +19%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $414.00 ↑ +20%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $460.00 ↑ +33%
HealthPartners Broad $517.50 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $552.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $569.94 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $580.98 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $583.74 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $586.50 ↑ +70%

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Hip X-ray 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 $327.54 $17.78 – $188.56
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $327.54 $17.78 – $188.56
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $542.11 $10.01 – $211.42
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $283.80 $63.40 – $322.55
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $392.70 $65.74 – $231.48
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $336.60 $63.40 – $242.85
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $128.70 $79.54 – $84.53
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $304.15 $99.32 – $99.32

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