Alginate drsg >16 <=48 sq in 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

$22.72

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.

$45.43

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.

$5.20 with Everpointe Elite vs $8.84 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
Everpointe Elite Commercial $5.20 ↓ -77%
HS Technology Commercial $5.20 ↓ -77%
Aetna HMO $5.55 ↓ -76%
Quartz One Commercial $5.72 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Exchange $6.18 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Charter $6.18 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare HMO $6.18 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Nexus $6.18 ↓ -73%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $6.24 ↓ -73%
Common Ground Envision $6.24 ↓ -73%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $6.24 ↓ -73%
Anthem Blue Priority $6.24 ↓ -73%
Quartz Group Commercial $6.24 ↓ -73%
Molina Exchange Commercial $6.24 ↓ -73%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $6.24 ↓ -73%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $6.24 ↓ -73%
Common Ground Exchange $6.24 ↓ -73%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $6.45 ↓ -72%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $6.76 ↓ -70%
Anthem Blue Preferred $6.76 ↓ -70%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $6.76 ↓ -70%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $6.76 ↓ -70%
Trilogy Commercial $7.28 ↓ -68%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $7.80 ↓ -66%
HealthPartners Robin $7.80 ↓ -66%
HealthPartners Broad $7.80 ↓ -66%
Centivo Commercial $7.80 ↓ -66%
Health EOS PPO $8.32 ↓ -63%
Aetna PPO $8.59 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare PPO $8.76 ↓ -61%
Cigna PPO $8.80 ↓ -61%
Anthem PPO $8.84 ↓ -61%

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Alginate drsg >16 <=48 sq in at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $28.68 not published
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $24.26 not published
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $20.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc Two Rivers $20.00 not published
Aurora Psychiatric Hospital Wauwatosa $20.00 not published
Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis $39.80 not published
Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette $20.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Washington County Hartford $33.03 not published

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