Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci 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

$4.00

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.

$8.00

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.

$1.60 with Aetna vs $6.80 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
Aetna HMO $1.60 ↓ -60%
Anthem Blue Priority $1.69 ↓ -58%
Anthem Blue Preferred $2.03 ↓ -49%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $2.60 ↓ -35%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $4.00 ↑ +0%
HS Technology Commercial $4.00 ↑ +0%
Quartz One Commercial $4.40 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Charter $4.75 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Nexus $4.75 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Exchange $4.75 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare HMO $4.75 ↑ +19%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $4.80 ↑ +20%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $4.80 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Exchange $4.80 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Envision $4.80 ↑ +20%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $4.80 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $4.80 ↑ +20%
Molina Exchange Commercial $4.80 ↑ +20%
Quartz Group Commercial $4.80 ↑ +20%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $4.96 ↑ +24%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $5.20 ↑ +30%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $5.20 ↑ +30%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $5.20 ↑ +30%
Trilogy Commercial $5.60 ↑ +40%
Centivo Commercial $6.00 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Broad $6.00 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Robin $6.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $6.40 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $6.61 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $6.74 ↑ +69%
Cigna PPO $6.77 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $6.80 ↑ +70%

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Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $101.95 $1.90 – $73.57
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $11.55 not published
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $209.55 not published
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $1.79 not published
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $40.32 $29.06 – $29.06
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $11.55 $33.46 – $33.46
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $11.55 $33.46 – $33.46
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $11.55 $33.46 – $33.46

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