Brace knee extender plus 22-30in 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

$230.23

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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.

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$460.46

Gross charge

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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.

$223.78 with Aetna vs $391.39 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
Aetna HMO $223.78 ↓ -3%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $230.23 ↑ +0%
HS Technology Commercial $230.23 ↑ +0%
Quartz One Commercial $253.25 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Exchange $273.51 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Charter $273.51 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare HMO $273.51 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Nexus $273.51 ↑ +19%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $276.28 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Envision $276.28 ↑ +20%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $276.28 ↑ +20%
Anthem Blue Priority $276.28 ↑ +20%
Quartz Group Commercial $276.28 ↑ +20%
Molina Exchange Commercial $276.28 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $276.28 ↑ +20%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $276.28 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Exchange $276.28 ↑ +20%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $285.49 ↑ +24%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $299.30 ↑ +30%
Anthem Blue Preferred $299.30 ↑ +30%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $299.30 ↑ +30%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $299.30 ↑ +30%
Trilogy Commercial $322.32 ↑ +40%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $345.35 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Robin $345.35 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Broad $345.35 ↑ +50%
Centivo Commercial $345.35 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $368.37 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $380.34 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $387.71 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $389.55 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $391.39 ↑ +70%

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Brace knee extender plus 22-30in at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $541.66 $690.06 – $998.11
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $290.40 $83.49 – $829.91
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $266.06 not published
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $216.43 not published
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $225.00 not published
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $148.98 not published
Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette $225.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Burlington Burlington $127.60 not published

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