Gi trc img intral esophagus 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

$2,015.00

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.

$4,030.00

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.

$1,732.90 with HealthPartners 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
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $1,732.90 ↓ -14%
Anthem Blue Priority $1,979.00 ↓ -2%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $2,153.00 ↑ +7%
HealthPartners Robin $2,337.40 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $2,418.00 ↑ +20%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $2,450.00 ↑ +22%
Anthem Blue Preferred $2,550.00 ↑ +27%
Molina Exchange Commercial $2,568.00 ↑ +27%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $2,727.00 ↑ +35%
Common Ground Exchange $2,727.00 ↑ +35%
Common Ground Envision $2,727.00 ↑ +35%
Quartz One Commercial $2,790.00 ↑ +38%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $2,883.00 ↑ +43%
United Healthcare Exchange $2,955.00 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,976.00 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare Charter $2,976.00 ↑ +48%
HealthPartners Broad $3,022.50 ↑ +50%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $3,035.00 ↑ +51%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $3,035.00 ↑ +51%
HS Technology Commercial $3,152.00 ↑ +56%
Centivo Commercial $3,169.00 ↑ +57%
Health EOS PPO $3,224.00 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare HMO $3,242.00 ↑ +61%
Quartz Group Commercial $3,260.00 ↑ +62%
Aetna PPO $3,328.78 ↑ +65%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $3,350.00 ↑ +66%
United Healthcare PPO $3,393.26 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $3,409.38 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $3,425.50 ↑ +70%
Trilogy Commercial $4,387.00 ↑ +118%
Aetna HMO $14,482.00 ↑ +619%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $19,000.00 ↑ +843%

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Gi trc img intral esophagus 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 $4,352.89 $73.92 – $2,007.94
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $1,635.05 $73.92 – $2,007.94
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $2,185.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $2,790.00 not published
Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis $2,115.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Washington County Hartford $2,185.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County Sheboygan $2,185.00 not published
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $1,842.28 $176.46 – $1,274.55

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