Acetylcholinesterase assay at Aurora Medical Center Burlington

252 McHenry St, Burlington, WI · Aurorahealthcare · · NPI 1861557753

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Nov 21, 2025 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$157.50

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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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$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.

$9.83 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 $9.83 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Nexus $9.83 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Exchange $9.83 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Charter $9.83 ↓ -94%
Anthem Blue Priority $12.29 ↓ -92%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $12.29 ↓ -92%
Anthem Blue Preferred $14.75 ↓ -91%
Common Ground Exchange $25.81 ↓ -84%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $25.81 ↓ -84%
Centivo Commercial $26.87 ↓ -83%
Common Ground Envision $26.87 ↓ -83%
Aetna HMO $27.41 ↓ -83%
Quartz One Commercial $30.73 ↓ -80%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $30.73 ↓ -80%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $32.60 ↓ -79%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $32.95 ↓ -79%
Molina Exchange Commercial $33.92 ↓ -78%
HS Technology Commercial $34.58 ↓ -78%
Quartz Group Commercial $35.64 ↓ -77%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $36.33 ↓ -77%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $39.82 ↓ -75%
HealthPartners Robin $41.73 ↓ -74%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $41.91 ↓ -73%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $41.91 ↓ -73%
Trilogy Commercial $43.12 ↓ -73%
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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Acetylcholinesterase assay at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $89.10 $9.22 – $110.99
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $108.35 $9.22 – $88.78
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $85.25 $9.22 – $90.82
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $157.50 $9.83 – $43.12
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $157.50 $9.83 – $43.12
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $157.50 $9.83 – $43.12
Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc Two Rivers $157.50 $9.83 – $43.12
Aurora Psychiatric Hospital Wauwatosa $157.50 $9.83 – $43.12

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