Chromosome karyotype study 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

$100.00

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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.

$200.00

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.

$26.78 with United Healthcare vs $170.00 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 Exchange $26.78 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Nexus $26.78 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare HMO $26.78 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Charter $26.78 ↓ -73%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $33.47 ↓ -67%
Anthem Blue Priority $33.47 ↓ -67%
Anthem Blue Preferred $40.16 ↓ -60%
Common Ground Exchange $70.29 ↓ -30%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $70.29 ↓ -30%
Centivo Commercial $73.17 ↓ -27%
Common Ground Envision $73.17 ↓ -27%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $74.05 ↓ -26%
Aetna HMO $74.64 ↓ -25%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $83.68 ↓ -16%
Quartz One Commercial $83.68 ↓ -16%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $88.78 ↓ -11%
Molina Exchange Commercial $92.38 ↓ -8%
HS Technology Commercial $94.18 ↓ -6%
Quartz Group Commercial $97.06 ↓ -3%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $97.47 ↓ -3%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $108.44 ↑ +8%
HealthPartners Robin $113.63 ↑ +14%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $114.13 ↑ +14%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $114.13 ↑ +14%
Trilogy Commercial $117.47 ↑ +17%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $120.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $150.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $160.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $165.20 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $168.40 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $169.20 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $170.00 ↑ +70%

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Chromosome karyotype study 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 $112.89 $33.47 – $108.88
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $112.89 $33.47 – $108.88
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $72.49 $20.84 – $33.47
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $389.40 $25.10 – $249.48
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $327.80 $25.10 – $199.59
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $336.05 $25.10 – $204.12
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $55.00 $33.47 – $58.57
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $55.00 $25.10 – $64.60

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