Assay of somatostatin 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

$117.50

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.

$235.00

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.

$14.62 with United Healthcare vs $199.75 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 $14.62 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Charter $14.62 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Nexus $14.62 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Exchange $14.62 ↓ -88%
Anthem Blue Priority $18.28 ↓ -84%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $18.28 ↓ -84%
Anthem Blue Preferred $21.94 ↓ -81%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $26.19 ↓ -78%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $38.39 ↓ -67%
Common Ground Exchange $38.39 ↓ -67%
Centivo Commercial $39.96 ↓ -66%
Common Ground Envision $39.96 ↓ -66%
Aetna HMO $40.76 ↓ -65%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $45.70 ↓ -61%
Quartz One Commercial $45.70 ↓ -61%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $48.48 ↓ -59%
Molina Exchange Commercial $50.45 ↓ -57%
HS Technology Commercial $51.44 ↓ -56%
Quartz Group Commercial $53.01 ↓ -55%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $53.52 ↓ -54%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $59.23 ↓ -50%
HealthPartners Robin $62.06 ↓ -47%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $62.33 ↓ -47%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $62.33 ↓ -47%
Trilogy Commercial $64.15 ↓ -45%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $141.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $176.25 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $188.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $194.11 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $197.87 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $198.81 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $199.75 ↑ +70%

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Assay of somatostatin 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 $834.75 $18.28 – $70.61
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $834.75 $18.28 – $70.61
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $52.22 $10.97 – $23.82
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $187.55 $13.71 – $88.22
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $187.55 $13.71 – $70.58
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $187.55 $13.71 – $72.19
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $187.55 $18.28 – $31.99
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $117.50 $14.62 – $64.15

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