Cutter lead at Aurora Medical Center Grafton

975 Port Washington Rd, Grafton, WI · Aurorahealthcare · · NPI 1265740195

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Nov 21, 2025 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$3,968.52

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.

$7,937.03

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.

$671.79 with Everpointe Elite vs $1,142.04 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
Everpointe Elite Commercial $671.79 ↓ -83%
HS Technology Commercial $671.79 ↓ -83%
Aetna HMO $717.47 ↓ -82%
Quartz One Commercial $738.97 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Exchange $798.09 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Charter $798.09 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare HMO $798.09 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Nexus $798.09 ↓ -80%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $806.15 ↓ -80%
Common Ground Envision $806.15 ↓ -80%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $806.15 ↓ -80%
Anthem Blue Priority $806.15 ↓ -80%
Quartz Group Commercial $806.15 ↓ -80%
Molina Exchange Commercial $806.15 ↓ -80%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $806.15 ↓ -80%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $806.15 ↓ -80%
Common Ground Exchange $806.15 ↓ -80%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $833.02 ↓ -79%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $873.33 ↓ -78%
Anthem Blue Preferred $873.33 ↓ -78%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $873.33 ↓ -78%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $873.33 ↓ -78%
Trilogy Commercial $940.51 ↓ -76%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $1,007.69 ↓ -75%
HealthPartners Robin $1,007.69 ↓ -75%
HealthPartners Broad $1,007.69 ↓ -75%
Centivo Commercial $1,007.69 ↓ -75%
Health EOS PPO $1,074.86 ↓ -73%
Aetna PPO $1,109.80 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare PPO $1,131.29 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $1,136.67 ↓ -71%
Anthem PPO $1,142.04 ↓ -71%

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UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $2,643.54 $149.50 – $552.50
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $872.68 not published
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $10,992.12 not published
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $428.20 not published
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $1,021.81 not published
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $1,021.81 not published
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $1,021.81 not published
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $5,070.88 not published

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