Blm gene 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

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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.

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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.

$31.45 with United Healthcare vs $137.97 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
United Healthcare Charter $31.45
United Healthcare Exchange $31.45
United Healthcare HMO $31.45
United Healthcare Nexus $31.45
Anthem Blue Priority $39.31
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $39.31
Anthem Blue Preferred $47.17
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $82.55
Common Ground Exchange $82.55
Everpointe Elite Commercial $84.56
Centivo Commercial $85.93
Common Ground Envision $85.93
Aetna HMO $87.66
Quartz One Commercial $98.28
Health Payment Systems Commercial $98.28
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $104.26
Molina Exchange Commercial $108.50
HS Technology Commercial $110.62
Quartz Group Commercial $114.00
Cigna PPO-GPPO $114.69
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $127.36
HealthPartners Robin $133.46
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $134.05
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $134.05
Trilogy Commercial $137.97

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Blm gene at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $76.97 $22.13 – $39.31
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $228.80 $29.48 – $275.81
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $221.65 $29.48 – $220.64
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $163.90 $29.48 – $225.66
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $155.00 $31.45 – $137.97
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $155.00 $31.45 – $137.97
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $155.00 $31.45 – $137.97
Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc Two Rivers $155.00 $31.45 – $137.97

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