Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp 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

$85.00

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.

$170.00

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.

$55.72 with United Healthcare vs $162.18 with Cigna — 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 Charter $55.72 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Exchange $55.72 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Nexus $55.72 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare HMO $55.72 ↓ -34%
HS Technology Commercial $85.00 ↑ +0%
Centivo Commercial $85.00 ↑ +0%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $85.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna HMO $93.50 ↑ +10%
Quartz One Commercial $93.50 ↑ +10%
Quartz Group Commercial $102.00 ↑ +20%
Molina Exchange Commercial $102.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $102.00 ↑ +20%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $102.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Exchange $102.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $102.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Envision $102.00 ↑ +20%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $102.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem Blue Priority $102.00 ↑ +20%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $105.40 ↑ +24%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $110.50 ↑ +30%
Anthem Blue Preferred $110.50 ↑ +30%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $110.50 ↑ +30%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $110.50 ↑ +30%
Trilogy Commercial $119.00 ↑ +40%
HealthPartners Robin $127.50 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Broad $127.50 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $136.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $140.42 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $143.14 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $143.82 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $144.50 ↑ +70%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $162.18 ↑ +91%

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Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp 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 $106.53 $23.84 – $85.89
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $106.53 $23.84 – $85.89
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $172.00 $23.40 – $75.25
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $66.78 $21.31 – $39.49
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $202.40 $21.07 – $273.62
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $185.90 $21.85 – $218.89
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $90.20 $21.07 – $223.87
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $226.05 $28.09 – $55.23

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