Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) at Aurora Medical Center Washington County

1032 E Sumner St, Hartford, WI · Aurorahealthcare · · NPI 1760420103

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Nov 21, 2025 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$80.00

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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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$160.00

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.

$13.82 with United Healthcare vs $136.00 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

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 Nexus $13.82 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Exchange $13.82 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare HMO $13.82 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Charter $13.82 ↓ -83%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $17.27 ↓ -78%
Anthem Blue Priority $17.27 ↓ -78%
Anthem Blue Preferred $20.72 ↓ -74%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $36.27 ↓ -55%
Common Ground Exchange $36.27 ↓ -55%
Centivo Commercial $37.75 ↓ -53%
Common Ground Envision $37.75 ↓ -53%
Aetna HMO $38.51 ↓ -52%
Quartz One Commercial $43.18 ↓ -46%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $43.18 ↓ -46%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $45.80 ↓ -43%
Molina Exchange Commercial $47.67 ↓ -40%
HS Technology Commercial $48.60 ↓ -39%
Quartz Group Commercial $50.08 ↓ -37%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $50.64 ↓ -37%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $55.95 ↓ -30%
HealthPartners Robin $58.63 ↓ -27%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $58.89 ↓ -26%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $58.89 ↓ -26%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $80.00 ↑ +0%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $96.00 ↑ +20%
Trilogy Commercial $112.00 ↑ +40%
HealthPartners Broad $120.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $128.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $132.16 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $134.72 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $135.36 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $136.00 ↑ +70%

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Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) 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 $41.34 $17.27 – $54.71
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $41.34 $17.27 – $54.71
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $147.48 $10.36 – $57.51
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $18.70 $12.95 – $126.02
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $104.50 $12.95 – $100.72
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $124.30 $12.95 – $103.20
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $124.30 $17.27 – $30.22
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $124.30 $12.95 – $33.33

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