Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body 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

$2,985.00

Cash price

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$5,970.00

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.

$1,291.00 with Everpointe Elite vs $23,460.00 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 $1,291.00 ↓ -57%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $1,300.00 ↓ -56%
Common Ground Exchange $1,492.00 ↓ -50%
Common Ground Envision $1,492.00 ↓ -50%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $1,492.00 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Exchange $1,630.00 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Nexus $1,641.00 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Charter $1,641.00 ↓ -45%
Quartz One Commercial $1,670.00 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare HMO $1,789.00 ↓ -40%
Molina Exchange Commercial $1,825.00 ↓ -39%
Aetna HMO $1,894.00 ↓ -37%
Quartz Group Commercial $1,950.00 ↓ -35%
Centivo Commercial $1,967.00 ↓ -34%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $2,115.00 ↓ -29%
HS Technology Commercial $2,138.00 ↓ -28%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $2,226.00 ↓ -25%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $2,226.00 ↓ -25%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $2,300.00 ↓ -23%
Trilogy Commercial $2,340.00 ↓ -22%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $2,567.10 ↓ -14%
HealthPartners Robin $3,462.60 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $3,582.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $4,477.50 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $4,776.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $4,931.22 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $5,026.74 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $5,050.62 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $5,074.50 ↑ +70%
Anthem Blue Priority $18,187.00 ↑ +509%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $19,000.00 ↑ +537%
Anthem Blue Preferred $23,460.00 ↑ +686%

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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body 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 $5,265.55 $336.12 – $15,682.27
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $5,265.55 $336.12 – $15,682.27
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $9,468.23 $189.96 – $3,929.31
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $3,194.40 $1,704.00 – $1,704.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $3,683.90 $2,036.00 – $2,036.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $2,381.50 $2,181.00 – $9,837.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $6,790.30 $1,887.00 – $5,512.00
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $6,790.30 $1,887.00 – $5,512.00

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