Uric acid urine 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

$52.50

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.

$105.00

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.

$4.06 with United Healthcare vs $89.25 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 $4.06 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Charter $4.06 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Nexus $4.06 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Exchange $4.06 ↓ -92%
Anthem Blue Priority $5.08 ↓ -90%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $5.08 ↓ -90%
Anthem Blue Preferred $6.10 ↓ -88%
Common Ground Exchange $10.67 ↓ -80%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $10.67 ↓ -80%
Centivo Commercial $11.10 ↓ -79%
Common Ground Envision $11.10 ↓ -79%
Aetna HMO $11.33 ↓ -78%
Quartz One Commercial $12.70 ↓ -76%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $12.70 ↓ -76%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $13.47 ↓ -74%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $14.00 ↓ -73%
Molina Exchange Commercial $14.02 ↓ -73%
HS Technology Commercial $14.30 ↓ -73%
Quartz Group Commercial $14.73 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $15.30 ↓ -71%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $16.46 ↓ -69%
HealthPartners Robin $17.24 ↓ -67%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $17.32 ↓ -67%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $17.32 ↓ -67%
Trilogy Commercial $17.83 ↓ -66%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $63.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $78.75 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $84.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $86.73 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $88.41 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $88.83 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $89.25 ↑ +70%

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