Tilt table study 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

$1,890.00

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.

$3,780.00

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.

$1,183.00 with Anthem vs $3,213.00 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
Anthem Blue Priority $1,183.00 ↓ -37%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $1,291.00 ↓ -32%
Common Ground Envision $1,492.00 ↓ -21%
Common Ground Exchange $1,492.00 ↓ -21%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $1,492.00 ↓ -21%
Anthem Blue Preferred $1,530.00 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Exchange $1,630.00 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Charter $1,641.00 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Nexus $1,641.00 ↓ -13%
Quartz One Commercial $1,670.00 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO $1,789.00 ↓ -5%
Molina Exchange Commercial $1,825.00 ↓ -3%
HS Technology Commercial $1,890.00 ↑ +0%
Quartz Group Commercial $1,950.00 ↑ +3%
Centivo Commercial $1,967.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna HMO $2,018.52 ↑ +7%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $2,115.00 ↑ +12%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $2,226.00 ↑ +18%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $2,226.00 ↑ +18%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $2,250.00 ↑ +19%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $2,268.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $2,268.00 ↑ +20%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $2,300.00 ↑ +22%
Trilogy Commercial $2,340.00 ↑ +24%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $2,835.00 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Robin $2,835.00 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Broad $2,835.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $3,024.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $3,122.28 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $3,182.76 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $3,197.88 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $3,213.00 ↑ +70%

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Tilt table study at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $3,492.17 $113.46 – $1,136.37
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $3,492.17 $113.46 – $1,136.37
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $2,615.04 $68.73 – $1,019.87
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $1,196.80 $281.90 – $1,704.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $1,279.30 $271.85 – $2,036.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $1,161.60 $362.46 – $2,181.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $1,786.40 $1,887.00 – $2,334.00
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $1,786.40 $276.82 – $2,334.00

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