Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 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

$755.00

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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.

$1,510.00

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.

$649.30 with HealthPartners vs $3,500.00 with Cigna — 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 $649.30 ↓ -14%
HealthPartners Robin $875.80 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $906.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $1,132.50 ↑ +50%
Anthem Blue Priority $1,183.00 ↑ +57%
Health EOS PPO $1,208.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $1,247.26 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $1,271.42 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $1,277.46 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $1,283.50 ↑ +70%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $1,291.00 ↑ +71%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $1,492.00 ↑ +98%
Common Ground Exchange $1,492.00 ↑ +98%
Common Ground Envision $1,492.00 ↑ +98%
Anthem Blue Preferred $1,530.00 ↑ +103%
Quartz One Commercial $1,670.00 ↑ +121%
Molina Exchange Commercial $1,825.00 ↑ +142%
Aetna HMO $1,894.00 ↑ +151%
Quartz Group Commercial $1,950.00 ↑ +158%
Centivo Commercial $1,967.00 ↑ +161%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $2,115.00 ↑ +180%
HS Technology Commercial $2,138.00 ↑ +183%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $2,226.00 ↑ +195%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $2,226.00 ↑ +195%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $2,250.00 ↑ +198%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $2,300.00 ↑ +205%
Trilogy Commercial $2,340.00 ↑ +210%
United Healthcare Exchange $2,445.00 ↑ +224%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,462.00 ↑ +226%
United Healthcare Charter $2,462.00 ↑ +226%
United Healthcare HMO $2,683.00 ↑ +255%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $3,500.00 ↑ +364%

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Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 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 $1,795.64 $122.67 – $1,506.85
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $1,795.64 $122.67 – $1,506.85
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $1,448.14 $68.89 – $564.77
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $1,686.85 $515.87 – $4,401.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $1,636.25 $534.95 – $4,074.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $1,261.70 $515.87 – $4,198.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $1,015.85 $687.83 – $4,217.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $1,092.30 $2,654.00 – $3,030.00

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