2019-ncov diagnostic p at Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County

3400 Union Ave, Sheboygan, WI · Aurorahealthcare · · NPI 1922053107

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.

$28.73 with United Healthcare vs $122.49 with Wisconsin Physician Service — 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 $28.73
United Healthcare Nexus $28.73
United Healthcare Exchange $28.73
United Healthcare HMO $28.73
Anthem Blue Priority $35.92
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $35.92
Anthem Blue Preferred $43.10
Common Ground Exchange $75.43
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $75.43
Centivo Commercial $78.52
Common Ground Envision $78.52
Aetna HMO $80.10
Health Payment Systems Commercial $89.80
Quartz One Commercial $89.80
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $95.26
Molina Exchange Commercial $99.14
HS Technology Commercial $101.08
Quartz Group Commercial $104.17
Cigna PPO-GPPO $105.12
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $116.38
HealthPartners Robin $121.94
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $122.49
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $122.49

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2019-ncov diagnostic p 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 $75.79 $37.72 – $61.06
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $75.79 $37.72 – $61.06
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Franklin $76.32 $37.72 – $53.16
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $76.32 $37.72 – $53.16
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $76.32 $37.72 – $53.16
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $21.55 – $82.82
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $26.94 – $262.09
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $26.94 – $209.92

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