Reticulocyte direct measurement automated 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

$47.50

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.

$95.00

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.

$4.46 with United Healthcare vs $80.75 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
United Healthcare HMO $4.46 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Nexus $4.46 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Exchange $4.46 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Charter $4.46 ↓ -91%
Anthem Blue Priority $5.57 ↓ -88%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $5.57 ↓ -88%
Anthem Blue Preferred $6.68 ↓ -86%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $11.70 ↓ -75%
Common Ground Exchange $11.70 ↓ -75%
Centivo Commercial $12.18 ↓ -74%
Common Ground Envision $12.18 ↓ -74%
Aetna HMO $12.42 ↓ -74%
Quartz One Commercial $13.93 ↓ -71%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $13.93 ↓ -71%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $14.77 ↓ -69%
Molina Exchange Commercial $15.37 ↓ -68%
HS Technology Commercial $15.67 ↓ -67%
Quartz Group Commercial $16.15 ↓ -66%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $16.26 ↓ -66%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $16.43 ↓ -65%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $18.05 ↓ -62%
HealthPartners Robin $18.91 ↓ -60%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $18.99 ↓ -60%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $18.99 ↓ -60%
Trilogy Commercial $19.55 ↓ -59%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $57.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $71.25 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $76.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $78.47 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $79.99 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $80.37 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $80.75 ↑ +70%

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