Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout 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

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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.

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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.

$1,459.90 with United Healthcare vs $6,404.57 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
United Healthcare Charter $1,459.90
United Healthcare Exchange $1,459.90
United Healthcare HMO $1,459.90
United Healthcare Nexus $1,459.90
Anthem Blue Priority $1,824.88
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $1,824.88
Anthem Blue Preferred $2,189.86
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $3,832.25
Common Ground Exchange $3,832.25
Centivo Commercial $3,989.19
Common Ground Envision $3,989.19
Aetna HMO $4,069.48
Health Payment Systems Commercial $4,562.20
Quartz One Commercial $4,562.20
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $4,840.04
Molina Exchange Commercial $5,036.67
HS Technology Commercial $5,135.21
Quartz Group Commercial $5,292.15
Cigna PPO-GPPO $5,326.02
Everpointe Elite Commercial $5,384.63
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $5,912.61
HealthPartners Robin $6,195.24
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $6,222.84
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $6,222.84
Trilogy Commercial $6,404.57

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Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout 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 $2,072.30 $1,916.12 – $7,050.89
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $5,475.08 $1,094.93 – $2,498.00
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $4,414.85 $1,368.66 – $18,138.96
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $4,269.10 $1,368.66 – $14,511.15
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $4,049.10 $1,368.66 – $14,840.97
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $4,446.20 $1,824.88 – $3,193.54
Adventhealth Durand Durand $15,185.96 not published
HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center GREEN BAY $2,108.04 $1,471.63 – $4,105.98

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