Insitu hybridization manual 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

$357.50

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.

$715.00

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.

$107.11 with United Healthcare vs $607.75 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 Nexus $107.11 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare HMO $107.11 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Charter $107.11 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Exchange $107.11 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $306.48 ↓ -14%
HS Technology Commercial $357.50 ↑ +0%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $357.50 ↑ +0%
Centivo Commercial $357.50 ↑ +0%
Aetna HMO $393.25 ↑ +10%
Quartz One Commercial $393.25 ↑ +10%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $429.00 ↑ +20%
Quartz Group Commercial $429.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem Blue Priority $429.00 ↑ +20%
Molina Exchange Commercial $429.00 ↑ +20%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $429.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Exchange $429.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $429.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Envision $429.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $429.00 ↑ +20%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $443.30 ↑ +24%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $464.75 ↑ +30%
Anthem Blue Preferred $464.75 ↑ +30%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $464.75 ↑ +30%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $464.75 ↑ +30%
Trilogy Commercial $500.50 ↑ +40%
HealthPartners Broad $536.25 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Robin $536.25 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $572.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $590.59 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $602.03 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $604.89 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $607.75 ↑ +70%

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Insitu hybridization manual 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 $869.20 $54.90 – $770.40
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $869.20 $54.90 – $770.40
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $269.83 $39.10 – $113.39
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $204.58 $41.22 – $74.92
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $979.00 $261.13 – $513.30
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $897.60 $270.78 – $410.64
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $436.70 $261.13 – $419.96
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $357.50 $107.11 – $306.48

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