X-ray sinus tract/fistula/abscess 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

$417.50

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.

$835.00

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.

$200.00 with Aetna vs $709.75 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
Aetna HMO $200.00 ↓ -52%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $240.00 ↓ -43%
Quartz One Commercial $245.00 ↓ -41%
Common Ground Exchange $249.00 ↓ -40%
Common Ground Envision $249.00 ↓ -40%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $249.00 ↓ -40%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $259.00 ↓ -38%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $266.00 ↓ -36%
Anthem Blue Priority $275.00 ↓ -34%
Quartz Group Commercial $290.00 ↓ -31%
HS Technology Commercial $293.00 ↓ -30%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $299.00 ↓ -28%
Molina Exchange Commercial $308.00 ↓ -26%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $315.00 ↓ -25%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $315.00 ↓ -25%
Centivo Commercial $328.00 ↓ -21%
HealthPartners Robin $330.00 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Exchange $336.00 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Charter $339.00 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Nexus $339.00 ↓ -19%
Anthem Blue Preferred $357.00 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare HMO $369.00 ↓ -12%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $400.00 ↓ -4%
Trilogy Commercial $410.00 ↓ -2%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $460.00 ↑ +10%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $501.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $626.25 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $668.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $689.71 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $703.07 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $706.41 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $709.75 ↑ +70%

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X-ray sinus tract/fistula/abscess 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 $493.43 $40.60 – $1,174.27
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $493.43 $40.60 – $1,174.27
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $2,289.28 $22.85 – $950.05
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $430.65 $307.10 – $530.75
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $429.00 $220.39 – $550.38
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $521.40 $231.21 – $530.75
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $299.20 $75.74 – $530.75
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $932.25 $94.58 – $94.58

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