Biospy of bladder 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

$1,495.00

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.

$2,990.00

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 $19,000.00 with Cigna — 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 ↓ -21%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $1,285.70 ↓ -14%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $1,291.00 ↓ -14%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $1,300.00 ↓ -13%
Common Ground Envision $1,492.00 ↓ -0%
Common Ground Exchange $1,492.00 ↓ -0%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $1,492.00 ↓ -0%
Anthem Blue Preferred $1,530.00 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Exchange $1,630.00 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Charter $1,641.00 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Nexus $1,641.00 ↑ +10%
Quartz One Commercial $1,670.00 ↑ +12%
HealthPartners Robin $1,734.20 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare HMO $1,789.00 ↑ +20%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $1,794.00 ↑ +20%
Molina Exchange Commercial $1,825.00 ↑ +22%
Aetna HMO $1,894.00 ↑ +27%
Quartz Group Commercial $1,950.00 ↑ +30%
Centivo Commercial $1,967.00 ↑ +32%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $2,115.00 ↑ +41%
HS Technology Commercial $2,138.00 ↑ +43%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $2,226.00 ↑ +49%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $2,226.00 ↑ +49%
HealthPartners Broad $2,242.50 ↑ +50%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $2,300.00 ↑ +54%
Trilogy Commercial $2,340.00 ↑ +57%
Health EOS PPO $2,392.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $2,469.74 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $2,517.58 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $2,529.54 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $2,541.50 ↑ +70%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $19,000.00 ↑ +1171%

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Biospy of bladder at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $9,255.95 $182.01 – $14,021.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $987.25 $242.69 – $13,723.00
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $3,210.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $1,480.00 not published
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $160.00 not published
Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis $3,355.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County Sheboygan $227.50 not published
Aurora Medical Center Grafton Grafton $250.00 not published

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