Biopsy renal percutaneous trocar/needle (both sides) 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

$2,300.00

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.

$4,600.00

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.

$989.00 with HealthPartners vs $4,387.00 with Trilogy — 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
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $989.00 ↓ -57%
HealthPartners Robin $1,334.00 ↓ -42%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $1,380.00 ↓ -40%
HealthPartners Broad $1,725.00 ↓ -25%
Health EOS PPO $1,840.00 ↓ -20%
Aetna HMO $1,894.00 ↓ -18%
Aetna PPO $1,899.80 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare PPO $1,936.60 ↓ -16%
Cigna PPO $1,945.80 ↓ -15%
Anthem PPO $1,955.00 ↓ -15%
Anthem Blue Priority $1,979.00 ↓ -14%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $2,153.00 ↓ -6%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $2,450.00 ↑ +7%
Anthem Blue Preferred $2,550.00 ↑ +11%
Molina Exchange Commercial $2,568.00 ↑ +12%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $2,727.00 ↑ +19%
Common Ground Exchange $2,727.00 ↑ +19%
Common Ground Envision $2,727.00 ↑ +19%
Quartz One Commercial $2,790.00 ↑ +21%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $2,883.00 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare Exchange $2,955.00 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,976.00 ↑ +29%
United Healthcare Charter $2,976.00 ↑ +29%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $3,035.00 ↑ +32%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $3,035.00 ↑ +32%
HS Technology Commercial $3,152.00 ↑ +37%
Centivo Commercial $3,169.00 ↑ +38%
United Healthcare HMO $3,242.00 ↑ +41%
Quartz Group Commercial $3,260.00 ↑ +42%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $3,350.00 ↑ +46%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $3,500.00 ↑ +52%
Trilogy Commercial $4,387.00 ↑ +91%

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Biopsy renal percutaneous trocar/needle (both sides) 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 $2,690.28 $201.47 – $2,169.84
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $2,690.28 $201.47 – $2,169.84
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $5,124.88 $114.43 – $2,126.82
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $1,686.85 $1,203.19 – $4,867.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $1,967.90 $1,247.68 – $4,321.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $1,708.30 $1,203.19 – $4,982.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $2,114.20 $1,604.25 – $4,743.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $1,399.20 $3,388.00 – $4,761.00

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