Bundled special stain group 2 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

$720.00

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.

$1,440.00

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.

$61.78 with United Healthcare vs $229.50 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
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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 $61.78 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Exchange $61.78 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Nexus $61.78 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare HMO $61.78 ↓ -91%
HS Technology Commercial $135.00 ↓ -81%
Centivo Commercial $135.00 ↓ -81%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $135.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna HMO $148.50 ↓ -79%
Quartz One Commercial $148.50 ↓ -79%
Quartz Group Commercial $162.00 ↓ -78%
Molina Exchange Commercial $162.00 ↓ -78%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $162.00 ↓ -78%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $162.00 ↓ -78%
Common Ground Exchange $162.00 ↓ -78%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $162.00 ↓ -78%
Common Ground Envision $162.00 ↓ -78%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $162.00 ↓ -78%
Anthem Blue Priority $162.00 ↓ -78%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $167.40 ↓ -77%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $175.50 ↓ -76%
Anthem Blue Preferred $175.50 ↓ -76%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $175.50 ↓ -76%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $175.50 ↓ -76%
Trilogy Commercial $189.00 ↓ -74%
HealthPartners Robin $202.50 ↓ -72%
HealthPartners Broad $202.50 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $203.88 ↓ -72%
Health EOS PPO $216.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna PPO $223.02 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare PPO $227.34 ↓ -68%
Cigna PPO $228.42 ↓ -68%
Anthem PPO $229.50 ↓ -68%

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Bundled special stain group 2 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 $142.57 $15.74 – $276.06
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $142.57 $15.74 – $276.06
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $239.20 $10.97 – $66.48
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $85.33 $11.83 – $57.21
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $669.90 $96.93 – $393.45
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $614.90 $100.51 – $314.76
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $299.20 $96.93 – $321.93
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $254.10 $78.52 – $129.23

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