Mayo serotonin 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

$157.50

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.

$315.00

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.

$24.78 with United Healthcare vs $267.75 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 HMO $24.78 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Nexus $24.78 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Exchange $24.78 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Charter $24.78 ↓ -84%
Anthem Blue Priority $30.98 ↓ -80%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $30.98 ↓ -80%
Anthem Blue Preferred $37.18 ↓ -76%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $65.06 ↓ -59%
Common Ground Exchange $65.06 ↓ -59%
Centivo Commercial $67.72 ↓ -57%
Common Ground Envision $67.72 ↓ -57%
Aetna HMO $69.09 ↓ -56%
Quartz One Commercial $77.45 ↓ -51%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $77.45 ↓ -51%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $82.16 ↓ -48%
Molina Exchange Commercial $85.50 ↓ -46%
HS Technology Commercial $87.18 ↓ -45%
Quartz Group Commercial $89.84 ↓ -43%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $90.78 ↓ -42%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $91.43 ↓ -42%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $100.38 ↓ -36%
HealthPartners Robin $105.17 ↓ -33%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $105.64 ↓ -33%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $105.64 ↓ -33%
Trilogy Commercial $108.73 ↓ -31%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $189.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $236.25 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $252.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $260.19 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $265.23 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $266.49 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $267.75 ↑ +70%

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Mayo serotonin 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 $165.36 $30.98 – $135.24
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $165.36 $30.98 – $135.24
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $138.40 $18.59 – $42.41
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $55.55 $23.24 – $307.92
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $67.10 $23.24 – $246.36
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $46.75 $23.24 – $251.96
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $233.75 $30.98 – $54.22
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $247.50 $30.98 – $62.69

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