Catheter stripping venous 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

$2,175.00

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.

$4,350.00

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.

$1,870.50 with HealthPartners vs $11,699.00 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 $1,870.50 ↓ -14%
HealthPartners Robin $2,523.00 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $2,610.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $3,262.50 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $3,480.00 ↑ +60%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $3,500.00 ↑ +61%
Aetna PPO $3,593.10 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $3,662.70 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $3,680.10 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $3,697.50 ↑ +70%
Anthem Blue Priority $5,692.00 ↑ +162%
Anthem Blue Preferred $7,344.00 ↑ +238%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $7,978.00 ↑ +267%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $8,181.00 ↑ +276%
Common Ground Exchange $8,181.00 ↑ +276%
Common Ground Envision $8,181.00 ↑ +276%
Aetna HMO $8,243.00 ↑ +279%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $8,450.00 ↑ +289%
Quartz One Commercial $8,690.00 ↑ +300%
Molina Exchange Commercial $9,071.00 ↑ +317%
Centivo Commercial $9,834.00 ↑ +352%
United Healthcare Exchange $9,882.00 ↑ +354%
United Healthcare Charter $9,953.00 ↑ +358%
United Healthcare Nexus $9,953.00 ↑ +358%
HS Technology Commercial $10,017.00 ↑ +361%
Quartz Group Commercial $10,170.00 ↑ +368%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $10,544.00 ↑ +385%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $10,600.00 ↑ +387%
United Healthcare HMO $10,843.00 ↑ +399%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $11,099.00 ↑ +410%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $11,099.00 ↑ +410%
Trilogy Commercial $11,699.00 ↑ +438%

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Catheter stripping venous 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 $3,051.21 $2,062.31 – $2,504.90
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $1,878.32 $2,062.31 – $2,504.90
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $6,142.14 $161.17 – $2,548.99
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $2,756.05 $2,385.29 – $10,498.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $3,050.85 $2,300.22 – $9,052.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $3,239.50 $3,735.00 – $8,770.00
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $3,239.50 $2,342.32 – $8,770.00
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $3,239.50 $3,735.00 – $8,770.00

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