Chromo high res and frag x - 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.

$45.63 with United Healthcare vs $200.18 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 $45.63
United Healthcare Exchange $45.63
United Healthcare HMO $45.63
United Healthcare Nexus $45.63
Anthem Blue Priority $57.04
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $57.04
Anthem Blue Preferred $68.45
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $119.78
Common Ground Exchange $119.78
Everpointe Elite Commercial $122.69
Centivo Commercial $124.69
Common Ground Envision $124.69
Aetna HMO $127.20
Quartz One Commercial $142.60
Health Payment Systems Commercial $142.60
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $151.29
Molina Exchange Commercial $157.43
HS Technology Commercial $160.51
Quartz Group Commercial $165.42
Cigna PPO-GPPO $166.29
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $184.81
HealthPartners Robin $193.64
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $194.51
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $194.51
Trilogy Commercial $200.18

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Chromo high res and frag x - sendout 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 $407.57 $57.04 – $181.10
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $407.57 $57.04 – $181.10
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $235.20 $16.52 – $57.04
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $804.65 $42.78 – $400.20
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $778.25 $42.78 – $320.16
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $574.20 $42.78 – $327.44
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $240.62 $57.04 – $99.82
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $250.00 $45.63 – $200.18

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