Lead acuity x4 spiral l 86cm 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

$3,472.75

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.

$6,945.50

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.

$2,546.77 with Aetna vs $4,454.22 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 $2,546.77 ↓ -27%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $2,620.13 ↓ -25%
HS Technology Commercial $2,620.13 ↓ -25%
Quartz One Commercial $2,882.14 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Exchange $3,112.71 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare Charter $3,112.71 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare HMO $3,112.71 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,112.71 ↓ -10%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $3,144.16 ↓ -9%
Common Ground Envision $3,144.16 ↓ -9%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $3,144.16 ↓ -9%
Anthem Blue Priority $3,144.16 ↓ -9%
Quartz Group Commercial $3,144.16 ↓ -9%
Molina Exchange Commercial $3,144.16 ↓ -9%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $3,144.16 ↓ -9%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $3,144.16 ↓ -9%
Common Ground Exchange $3,144.16 ↓ -9%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $3,248.96 ↓ -6%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $3,406.17 ↓ -2%
Anthem Blue Preferred $3,406.17 ↓ -2%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $3,406.17 ↓ -2%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $3,406.17 ↓ -2%
Trilogy Commercial $3,668.18 ↑ +6%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $3,930.20 ↑ +13%
HealthPartners Robin $3,930.20 ↑ +13%
HealthPartners Broad $3,930.20 ↑ +13%
Centivo Commercial $3,930.20 ↑ +13%
Health EOS PPO $4,192.21 ↑ +21%
Aetna PPO $4,328.45 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare PPO $4,412.30 ↑ +27%
Cigna PPO $4,433.26 ↑ +28%
Anthem PPO $4,454.22 ↑ +28%

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Lead acuity x4 spiral l 86cm at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $5,440.00 $747.50 – $3,087.50
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $3,928.39 not published
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $1,279.46 not published
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $5,847.75 not published
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $2,552.00 not published
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $2,240.25 not published
Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $2,146.00 not published

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