Western blot test at Aurora Medical Center Washington County
1032 E Sumner St, Hartford, WI · Aurorahealthcare · · NPI 1760420103
$82.50
Cash price 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.
$165.00
Gross charge 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.
$15.30 with United Healthcare vs $140.25 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Healthcare | HMO | $15.30 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $15.30 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | Exchange | $15.30 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | Charter | $15.30 | ↓ -81% |
| Anthem | Blue Priority | $17.03 | ↓ -79% |
| Aurora Caregiver | Commercial | $17.03 | ↓ -79% |
| Anthem | Blue Preferred | $20.44 | ↓ -75% |
| Common Ground | Employee Trust Fund | $35.76 | ↓ -57% |
| Common Ground | Exchange | $35.76 | ↓ -57% |
| Centivo | Commercial | $37.23 | ↓ -55% |
| Common Ground | Envision | $37.23 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | HMO | $37.98 | ↓ -54% |
| Quartz One | Commercial | $42.58 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Payment Systems | Commercial | $42.58 | ↓ -48% |
| HealthPartners | Employee Trust Fund | $45.17 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina Exchange | Commercial | $47.00 | ↓ -43% |
| HS Technology | Commercial | $47.92 | ↓ -42% |
| Quartz Group | Commercial | $49.39 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | PPO-GPPO | $49.71 | ↓ -40% |
| Everpointe Elite | Commercial | $50.25 | ↓ -39% |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Aurora Featured | $55.18 | ↓ -33% |
| HealthPartners | Robin | $57.81 | ↓ -30% |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Statewide | $58.07 | ↓ -30% |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Arise | $58.07 | ↓ -30% |
| Trilogy | Commercial | $59.77 | ↓ -28% |
| Health EOS Plus | Commercial | $99.00 | ↑ +20% |
| HealthPartners | Broad | $123.75 | ↑ +50% |
| Health EOS | PPO | $132.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | PPO | $136.29 | ↑ +65% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $138.93 | ↑ +68% |
| Cigna | PPO | $139.59 | ↑ +69% |
| Anthem | PPO | $140.25 | ↑ +70% |
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Western blot test at other Wisconsin hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Milwaukee | $87.45 | $17.03 – $61.14 |
| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $87.45 | $17.03 – $61.14 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital | Madison | $48.17 | $10.22 – $21.98 |
| Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro | Milwaukee | $82.50 | $15.30 – $59.77 |
| Aurora Baycare Medical Center | Green Bay | $82.50 | $15.30 – $59.77 |
| Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc | Two Rivers | $82.50 | $15.30 – $59.77 |
| Aurora West Allis Medical Center | West Allis | $82.50 | $15.30 – $59.77 |
| Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital | Franklin | $87.98 | $17.03 – $62.96 |