Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr 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

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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.

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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.

$15.86 with Aurora Caregiver vs $40.10 with Molina Exchange — 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
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $15.86
Anthem Blue Priority $16.08
Aetna HMO $16.93
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $19.18
Anthem Blue Preferred $19.30
HealthPartners Robin $20.06
Centivo Commercial $21.55
Common Ground Envision $21.55
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $21.73
Common Ground Exchange $21.73
Health Payment Systems Commercial $22.19
Quartz One Commercial $22.19
Cigna PPO-GPPO $24.66
Quartz Group Commercial $25.48
Everpointe Elite Commercial $25.81
Molina Exchange Commercial $40.10

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Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr 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 $51.89 $17.48 – $48.80
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $43.59 $17.48 – $48.80
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $72.95 $15.86 – $40.10
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $62.25 $15.86 – $40.10
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $35.09 $17.48 – $50.14
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $35.09 $17.48 – $50.14
Aurora Medical Center Kenosha Kenosha $78.97 $15.86 – $40.10
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $16.20 – $20.23

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