Bone/joint imaging ltd area 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

$960.00

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.

$1,920.00

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.

$960.00 with HS Technology vs $2,376.00 with United Healthcare — 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
HS Technology Commercial $960.00 ↑ +0%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $960.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna HMO $1,025.28 ↑ +7%
Quartz One Commercial $1,056.00 ↑ +10%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $1,152.00 ↑ +20%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $1,152.00 ↑ +20%
Quartz Group Commercial $1,152.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $1,152.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem Blue Priority $1,152.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Exchange $1,152.00 ↑ +20%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $1,152.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Envision $1,152.00 ↑ +20%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $1,190.40 ↑ +24%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $1,248.00 ↑ +30%
Anthem Blue Preferred $1,248.00 ↑ +30%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $1,248.00 ↑ +30%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $1,248.00 ↑ +30%
Trilogy Commercial $1,344.00 ↑ +40%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $1,440.00 ↑ +50%
Centivo Commercial $1,440.00 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Broad $1,440.00 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Robin $1,440.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $1,536.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $1,585.92 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $1,616.64 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $1,624.32 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $1,632.00 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare Exchange $2,010.00 ↑ +109%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,025.00 ↑ +111%
United Healthcare Charter $2,025.00 ↑ +111%
Molina Exchange Commercial $2,250.00 ↑ +134%
United Healthcare HMO $2,376.00 ↑ +148%

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Bone/joint imaging ltd area 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 $1,896.87 $48.48 – $860.57
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $1,896.87 $48.48 – $860.57
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $1,288.10 $27.19 – $534.56
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $1,040.05 $291.23 – $1,681.46
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $1,313.95 $302.00 – $1,206.69
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $861.85 $291.23 – $1,266.03
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $471.90 $388.31 – $412.24
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $1,936.00 $517.78 – $517.78

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