Chylomicron screen, bf - sendout 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

$145.00

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.

$290.00

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.

$49.20 with United Healthcare vs $215.84 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
United Healthcare Nexus $49.20 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Charter $49.20 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare HMO $49.20 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Exchange $49.20 ↓ -66%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $61.50 ↓ -58%
Anthem Blue Priority $61.50 ↓ -58%
Anthem Blue Preferred $73.80 ↓ -49%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $101.35 ↓ -30%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $126.00 ↓ -13%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $129.15 ↓ -11%
Common Ground Exchange $129.15 ↓ -11%
Common Ground Envision $134.44 ↓ -7%
Centivo Commercial $134.44 ↓ -7%
Aetna HMO $137.15 ↓ -5%
Quartz One Commercial $153.75 ↑ +6%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $153.75 ↑ +6%
HealthPartners Broad $157.50 ↑ +9%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $163.11 ↑ +12%
Health EOS PPO $168.00 ↑ +16%
Molina Exchange Commercial $169.74 ↑ +17%
HS Technology Commercial $173.06 ↑ +19%
Aetna PPO $173.46 ↑ +20%
United Healthcare PPO $176.82 ↑ +22%
Cigna PPO $177.66 ↑ +23%
Quartz Group Commercial $178.35 ↑ +23%
Anthem PPO $178.50 ↑ +23%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $179.67 ↑ +24%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $199.26 ↑ +37%
HealthPartners Robin $208.78 ↑ +44%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $209.72 ↑ +45%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $209.72 ↑ +45%
Trilogy Commercial $215.84 ↑ +49%

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Chylomicron screen, bf - sendout at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $244.00 $36.90 – $107.95
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $168.30 $46.12 – $341.49
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $205.15 $46.12 – $273.20
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $240.62 $61.50 – $107.63
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $111.10 $61.50 – $107.63
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $111.10 $46.12 – $118.70
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $111.10 $61.50 – $107.63
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $145.00 $49.20 – $215.84

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