Chromosome study additional 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

$117.50

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.

$235.00

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.

$27.54 with United Healthcare vs $199.75 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 $27.54 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Charter $27.54 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Nexus $27.54 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Exchange $27.54 ↓ -77%
Anthem Blue Priority $34.43 ↓ -71%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $34.43 ↓ -71%
Anthem Blue Preferred $41.32 ↓ -65%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $72.30 ↓ -38%
Common Ground Exchange $72.30 ↓ -38%
Common Ground Envision $75.26 ↓ -36%
Centivo Commercial $75.26 ↓ -36%
Aetna HMO $76.78 ↓ -35%
Quartz One Commercial $86.08 ↓ -27%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $86.08 ↓ -27%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $91.32 ↓ -22%
Molina Exchange Commercial $95.03 ↓ -19%
HS Technology Commercial $96.89 ↓ -18%
Quartz Group Commercial $99.85 ↓ -15%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $100.35 ↓ -15%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $101.59 ↓ -14%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $111.55 ↓ -5%
HealthPartners Robin $116.88 ↓ -1%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $117.41 ↓ -0%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $117.41 ↓ -0%
Trilogy Commercial $120.84 ↑ +3%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $141.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $176.25 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $188.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $194.11 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $197.87 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $198.81 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $199.75 ↑ +70%

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Chromosome study additional at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $111.30 $34.43 – $150.15
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $553.25 $34.43 – $215.77
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $291.50 $25.82 – $342.31
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $245.30 $25.82 – $273.85
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $251.35 $25.82 – $280.07
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $117.50 $27.54 – $120.84
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $117.50 $27.54 – $120.84
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $117.50 $27.54 – $120.84

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