Abdominal MRI (without contrast) at Aurora Medical Center Summit

36500 Aurora Dr, Summit, WI · Aurorahealthcare · · NPI 1699008029

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

$2,110.00

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.

$4,220.00

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.

$650.00 with Aurora Caregiver vs $3,587.00 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
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $650.00 ↓ -69%
Anthem Blue Priority $755.00 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Exchange $767.00 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Nexus $773.00 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Charter $773.00 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare HMO $853.00 ↓ -60%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $954.00 ↓ -55%
Anthem Blue Preferred $969.00 ↓ -54%
Centivo Commercial $1,038.00 ↓ -51%
Common Ground Envision $1,083.00 ↓ -49%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $1,083.00 ↓ -49%
Common Ground Exchange $1,083.00 ↓ -49%
Aetna HMO $1,114.00 ↓ -47%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $1,170.00 ↓ -45%
HealthPartners Robin $1,185.00 ↓ -44%
Quartz One Commercial $1,200.00 ↓ -43%
Molina Exchange Commercial $1,273.00 ↓ -40%
HS Technology Commercial $1,350.00 ↓ -36%
Quartz Group Commercial $1,350.00 ↓ -36%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $1,352.00 ↓ -36%
Trilogy Commercial $1,520.00 ↓ -28%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $1,636.00 ↓ -22%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $1,722.00 ↓ -18%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $1,722.00 ↓ -18%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $2,532.00 ↑ +20%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $2,550.00 ↑ +21%
HealthPartners Broad $3,165.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $3,376.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $3,485.72 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $3,553.24 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $3,570.12 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $3,587.00 ↑ +70%

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Abdominal MRI (without contrast) 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 $1,972.66 $114.56 – $517.79
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $1,972.66 $114.56 – $517.79
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $3,082.92 $64.07 – $1,669.12
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $2,318.25 $173.82 – $2,798.12
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $2,061.95 $180.25 – $2,008.04
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $2,357.30 $173.82 – $2,106.81
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $2,900.70 $231.76 – $689.53
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $2,095.50 $861.64 – $861.64

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