Culture body fluid at Aurora Medical Center Kenosha

10400 75th St, Kenosha, WI · Aurorahealthcare · · NPI 1225156888

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Nov 21, 2025 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$80.00

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.

$160.00

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.

$6.90 with United Healthcare vs $136.00 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 Exchange $6.90 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Nexus $6.90 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare HMO $6.90 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Charter $6.90 ↓ -91%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $8.62 ↓ -89%
Anthem Blue Priority $8.62 ↓ -89%
Anthem Blue Preferred $10.34 ↓ -87%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $18.10 ↓ -77%
Common Ground Exchange $18.10 ↓ -77%
Centivo Commercial $18.84 ↓ -76%
Common Ground Envision $18.84 ↓ -76%
Aetna HMO $19.22 ↓ -76%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $21.55 ↓ -73%
Quartz One Commercial $21.55 ↓ -73%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $22.87 ↓ -71%
Molina Exchange Commercial $23.79 ↓ -70%
HS Technology Commercial $24.26 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $24.84 ↓ -69%
Quartz Group Commercial $25.00 ↓ -69%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $25.43 ↓ -68%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $27.93 ↓ -65%
HealthPartners Robin $29.26 ↓ -63%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $29.39 ↓ -63%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $29.39 ↓ -63%
Trilogy Commercial $30.25 ↓ -62%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $96.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $120.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $128.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $132.16 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $134.72 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $135.36 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $136.00 ↑ +70%

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Culture body fluid 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 $91.69 $8.62 – $37.82
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $91.69 $8.62 – $37.82
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $114.76 $5.17 – $44.76
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $95.93 $8.36 – $15.43
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $169.40 $6.46 – $85.66
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $227.70 $6.46 – $68.54
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $246.95 $6.46 – $70.09
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $62.70 $8.62 – $15.09

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