Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) 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

$142.50

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.

$285.00

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.

$15.17 with United Healthcare vs $242.25 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
United Healthcare HMO $15.17 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Nexus $15.17 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Exchange $15.17 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Charter $15.17 ↓ -89%
Anthem Blue Priority $18.96 ↓ -87%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $18.96 ↓ -87%
Anthem Blue Preferred $22.75 ↓ -84%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $39.82 ↓ -72%
Common Ground Exchange $39.82 ↓ -72%
Centivo Commercial $41.45 ↓ -71%
Common Ground Envision $41.45 ↓ -71%
Aetna HMO $42.28 ↓ -70%
Quartz One Commercial $47.40 ↓ -67%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $47.40 ↓ -67%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $50.28 ↓ -65%
Molina Exchange Commercial $52.33 ↓ -63%
HS Technology Commercial $53.35 ↓ -63%
Quartz Group Commercial $54.98 ↓ -61%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $55.44 ↓ -61%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $55.96 ↓ -61%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $61.43 ↓ -57%
HealthPartners Robin $64.36 ↓ -55%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $64.65 ↓ -55%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $64.65 ↓ -55%
Trilogy Commercial $66.55 ↓ -53%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $171.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $213.75 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $228.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $235.41 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $239.97 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $241.11 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $242.25 ↑ +70%

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Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) 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 $157.94 $18.96 – $82.54
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $157.94 $18.96 – $82.54
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $234.72 $11.38 – $91.54
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $73.67 $18.39 – $33.99
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $217.80 $14.22 – $188.55
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $263.45 $14.22 – $150.85
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $182.60 $14.22 – $154.25
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $140.25 $18.96 – $33.18

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