ER Visit (level 4) 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

$880.00

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.

$1,760.00

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.

$1,056.00 with Health EOS Plus vs $3,627.00 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
Health EOS Plus Commercial $1,056.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $1,320.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $1,408.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $1,453.76 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $1,481.92 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $1,488.96 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $1,496.00 ↑ +70%
Aetna HMO $1,950.00 ↑ +122%
United Healthcare Exchange $1,985.00 ↑ +126%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,000.00 ↑ +127%
United Healthcare Charter $2,000.00 ↑ +127%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $2,070.00 ↑ +135%
United Healthcare HMO $2,180.00 ↑ +148%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $2,200.00 ↑ +150%
Molina Exchange Commercial $2,344.00 ↑ +166%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $2,400.00 ↑ +173%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $2,409.00 ↑ +174%
Centivo Commercial $2,513.00 ↑ +186%
Common Ground Envision $2,543.00 ↑ +189%
Common Ground Exchange $2,543.00 ↑ +189%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $2,543.00 ↑ +189%
HealthPartners Robin $2,642.00 ↑ +200%
Anthem Blue Priority $2,693.00 ↑ +206%
HS Technology Commercial $2,701.00 ↑ +207%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $2,883.00 ↑ +228%
Quartz One Commercial $2,920.00 ↑ +232%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $3,035.00 ↑ +245%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $3,035.00 ↑ +245%
Anthem Blue Preferred $3,274.00 ↑ +272%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $3,400.00 ↑ +286%
Quartz Group Commercial $3,420.00 ↑ +289%
Trilogy Commercial $3,627.00 ↑ +312%

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ER Visit (level 4) 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 $1,749.00 $193.92 – $911.97
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $1,749.00 $193.92 – $911.97
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $2,075.99 $12.65 – $114.85
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $1,046.10 $303.98 – $405.30
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $1,063.15 $315.22 – $420.29
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $1,441.00 $303.98 – $405.30
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $920.15 $405.30 – $405.30
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $1,012.90 not published

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