Meropenem 1 gram intravenous solution 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

$8.47

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.

$16.93

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.

$0.35 with Aurora Caregiver vs $8.59 with Anthem — 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 $0.35 ↓ -96%
Aetna HMO $0.40 ↓ -95%
Anthem Blue Priority $0.43 ↓ -95%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $0.45 ↓ -95%
HealthPartners Robin $0.47 ↓ -94%
Common Ground Exchange $0.48 ↓ -94%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $0.48 ↓ -94%
Common Ground Envision $0.51 ↓ -94%
Centivo Commercial $0.51 ↓ -94%
Anthem Blue Preferred $0.52 ↓ -94%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $0.52 ↓ -94%
Quartz One Commercial $0.52 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $0.59 ↓ -93%
Quartz Group Commercial $0.60 ↓ -93%
Molina Exchange Commercial $0.95 ↓ -89%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $1.63 ↓ -81%
HS Technology Commercial $5.06 ↓ -40%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $5.26 ↓ -38%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $5.56 ↓ -34%
Trilogy Commercial $5.56 ↓ -34%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $5.56 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Charter $6.01 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Nexus $6.01 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Exchange $6.01 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare HMO $6.01 ↓ -29%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $6.07 ↓ -28%
HealthPartners Broad $7.58 ↓ -11%
Health EOS PPO $8.09 ↓ -4%
Aetna PPO $8.35 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare PPO $8.51 ↑ +0%
Cigna PPO $8.55 ↑ +1%
Anthem PPO $8.59 ↑ +1%

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