Intro cath dialysis circuit 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

$1,145.00

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.

$2,290.00

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.

$984.70 with HealthPartners vs $19,000.00 with Cigna — 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
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $984.70 ↓ -14%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $1,291.00 ↑ +13%
HealthPartners Robin $1,328.20 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $1,374.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $1,492.00 ↑ +30%
Common Ground Envision $1,492.00 ↑ +30%
Common Ground Exchange $1,492.00 ↑ +30%
Quartz One Commercial $1,670.00 ↑ +46%
HealthPartners Broad $1,717.50 ↑ +50%
Molina Exchange Commercial $1,825.00 ↑ +59%
Health EOS PPO $1,832.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $1,891.54 ↑ +65%
Aetna HMO $1,894.00 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $1,928.18 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $1,937.34 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $1,946.50 ↑ +70%
Quartz Group Commercial $1,950.00 ↑ +70%
Centivo Commercial $1,967.00 ↑ +72%
Anthem Blue Priority $1,979.00 ↑ +73%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $2,115.00 ↑ +85%
HS Technology Commercial $2,138.00 ↑ +87%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $2,226.00 ↑ +94%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $2,226.00 ↑ +94%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $2,250.00 ↑ +97%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $2,300.00 ↑ +101%
Trilogy Commercial $2,340.00 ↑ +104%
Anthem Blue Preferred $2,550.00 ↑ +123%
United Healthcare Exchange $2,955.00 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare Charter $2,976.00 ↑ +160%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,976.00 ↑ +160%
United Healthcare HMO $3,242.00 ↑ +183%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $19,000.00 ↑ +1559%

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Intro cath dialysis circuit 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 $2,273.70 $259.71 – $2,751.35
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $2,273.70 $259.71 – $2,751.35
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $4,351.10 $147.06 – $1,696.93
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $1,758.35 $1,189.18 – $4,321.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $1,861.20 $1,146.77 – $4,982.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $1,894.75 $1,529.03 – $4,137.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $672.10 $3,579.00 – $4,761.00
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $672.10 $1,167.76 – $4,761.00

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