Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus 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

$65.72

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$131.44

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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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$0.62 with Anthem vs $103.14 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

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

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
Anthem Blue Priority $0.62 ↓ -99%
Aetna HMO $0.64 ↓ -99%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $0.64 ↓ -99%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $0.73 ↓ -99%
Anthem Blue Preferred $0.74 ↓ -99%
HealthPartners Robin $0.76 ↓ -99%
Common Ground Envision $0.82 ↓ -99%
Centivo Commercial $0.82 ↓ -99%
Quartz One Commercial $0.85 ↓ -99%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $0.85 ↓ -99%
Common Ground Exchange $0.88 ↓ -99%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $0.88 ↓ -99%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $0.95 ↓ -99%
Quartz Group Commercial $0.97 ↓ -99%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $1.02 ↓ -98%
Molina Exchange Commercial $1.53 ↓ -98%
HS Technology Commercial $60.67 ↓ -8%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $63.10 ↓ -4%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $66.74 ↑ +2%
Trilogy Commercial $66.74 ↑ +2%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $66.74 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Charter $72.08 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare HMO $72.08 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Nexus $72.08 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Exchange $72.08 ↑ +10%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $72.80 ↑ +11%
HealthPartners Broad $91.01 ↑ +38%
Health EOS PPO $97.07 ↑ +48%
Aetna PPO $100.23 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare PPO $102.17 ↑ +55%
Cigna PPO $102.65 ↑ +56%
Anthem PPO $103.14 ↑ +57%

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Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $14.40 $0.67 – $15.30
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $97.53 $0.62 – $1.53
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $63.00 $0.62 – $1.53
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $55.87 $0.62 – $1.53
Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc Two Rivers $37.19 $0.62 – $1.53
Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis $65.96 $0.62 – $1.53
Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette $10.89 $0.62 – $1.53
Aurora Medical Center Burlington Burlington $56.46 $0.62 – $1.53

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