Biopsy abdominal mass 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

$1,000.00

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.

$2,000.00

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.

$860.00 with HealthPartners vs $4,387.00 with Trilogy — 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
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $860.00 ↓ -14%
HealthPartners Robin $1,160.00 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $1,200.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $1,500.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $1,600.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $1,652.00 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $1,684.00 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $1,692.00 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $1,700.00 ↑ +70%
Aetna HMO $1,894.00 ↑ +89%
Anthem Blue Priority $1,979.00 ↑ +98%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $2,153.00 ↑ +115%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $2,450.00 ↑ +145%
Anthem Blue Preferred $2,550.00 ↑ +155%
Molina Exchange Commercial $2,568.00 ↑ +157%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $2,727.00 ↑ +173%
Common Ground Exchange $2,727.00 ↑ +173%
Common Ground Envision $2,727.00 ↑ +173%
Quartz One Commercial $2,790.00 ↑ +179%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $2,883.00 ↑ +188%
United Healthcare Exchange $2,955.00 ↑ +196%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,976.00 ↑ +198%
United Healthcare Charter $2,976.00 ↑ +198%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $3,035.00 ↑ +204%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $3,035.00 ↑ +204%
HS Technology Commercial $3,152.00 ↑ +215%
Centivo Commercial $3,169.00 ↑ +217%
United Healthcare HMO $3,242.00 ↑ +224%
Quartz Group Commercial $3,260.00 ↑ +226%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $3,350.00 ↑ +235%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $3,500.00 ↑ +250%
Trilogy Commercial $4,387.00 ↑ +339%

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Biopsy abdominal mass 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 $2,346.31 $132.46 – $683.43
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $2,346.31 $132.46 – $683.43
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $5,124.88 $74.50 – $2,126.82
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $1,686.85 $1,203.19 – $4,867.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $1,967.90 $1,247.68 – $4,321.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $1,912.90 $1,203.19 – $4,982.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $601.15 $1,604.25 – $4,743.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $2,493.15 $3,388.00 – $4,761.00

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