Albumin serum plasma or whole blood 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

$37.50

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.

$75.00

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.

$3.96 with United Healthcare vs $63.75 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 HMO $3.96 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Nexus $3.96 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Exchange $3.96 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Charter $3.96 ↓ -89%
Anthem Blue Priority $4.95 ↓ -87%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $4.95 ↓ -87%
Anthem Blue Preferred $5.94 ↓ -84%
Common Ground Exchange $10.40 ↓ -72%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $10.40 ↓ -72%
Centivo Commercial $10.82 ↓ -71%
Common Ground Envision $10.82 ↓ -71%
Aetna HMO $11.04 ↓ -71%
Quartz One Commercial $12.38 ↓ -67%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $12.38 ↓ -67%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $13.13 ↓ -65%
Molina Exchange Commercial $13.66 ↓ -64%
HS Technology Commercial $13.93 ↓ -63%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $14.34 ↓ -62%
Quartz Group Commercial $14.36 ↓ -62%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $14.61 ↓ -61%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $16.04 ↓ -57%
HealthPartners Robin $16.81 ↓ -55%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $16.88 ↓ -55%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $16.88 ↓ -55%
Trilogy Commercial $17.37 ↓ -54%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $45.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $56.25 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $60.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $61.95 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $63.15 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $63.45 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $63.75 ↑ +70%

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