Exchange biliary drg cath 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

$4,495.00

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.

$8,990.00

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.

$3,119.00 with Aetna vs $19,000.00 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
Aetna HMO $3,119.00 ↓ -31%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $3,865.70 ↓ -14%
HealthPartners Robin $5,214.20 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $5,394.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem Blue Priority $5,692.00 ↑ +27%
HealthPartners Broad $6,742.50 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $7,192.00 ↑ +60%
Anthem Blue Preferred $7,344.00 ↑ +63%
Aetna PPO $7,425.74 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $7,569.58 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $7,605.54 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $7,641.50 ↑ +70%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $7,978.00 ↑ +77%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $8,181.00 ↑ +82%
Common Ground Exchange $8,181.00 ↑ +82%
Common Ground Envision $8,181.00 ↑ +82%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $8,450.00 ↑ +88%
Quartz One Commercial $8,690.00 ↑ +93%
Molina Exchange Commercial $9,071.00 ↑ +102%
Centivo Commercial $9,834.00 ↑ +119%
United Healthcare Exchange $9,882.00 ↑ +120%
United Healthcare Charter $9,953.00 ↑ +121%
United Healthcare Nexus $9,953.00 ↑ +121%
HS Technology Commercial $10,017.00 ↑ +123%
Quartz Group Commercial $10,170.00 ↑ +126%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $10,544.00 ↑ +135%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $10,600.00 ↑ +136%
United Healthcare HMO $10,843.00 ↑ +141%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $11,099.00 ↑ +147%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $11,099.00 ↑ +147%
Trilogy Commercial $11,699.00 ↑ +160%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $19,000.00 ↑ +323%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $8,580.17 $207.60 – $2,867.37
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $8,580.17 $207.60 – $2,867.37
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $5,541.88 $118.07 – $2,299.88
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $2,513.50 $2,704.78 – $10,498.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $3,396.25 $2,608.32 – $9,052.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $2,527.80 $3,477.76 – $10,137.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $535.70 $3,735.00 – $8,770.00
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $535.70 $2,656.06 – $8,770.00

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