Bckdhb gene 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

$195.00

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.

$390.00

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.

$75.99 with United Healthcare vs $333.37 with Trilogy — 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 $75.99 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Nexus $75.99 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Exchange $75.99 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Charter $75.99 ↓ -61%
Anthem Blue Priority $94.99 ↓ -51%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $94.99 ↓ -51%
Anthem Blue Preferred $113.99 ↓ -42%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $199.48 ↑ +2%
Common Ground Exchange $199.48 ↑ +2%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $204.34 ↑ +5%
Centivo Commercial $207.65 ↑ +6%
Common Ground Envision $207.65 ↑ +6%
Aetna HMO $211.83 ↑ +9%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $234.00 ↑ +20%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $237.48 ↑ +22%
Quartz One Commercial $237.48 ↑ +22%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $251.94 ↑ +29%
Molina Exchange Commercial $262.17 ↑ +34%
HS Technology Commercial $267.30 ↑ +37%
Quartz Group Commercial $275.47 ↑ +41%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $277.14 ↑ +42%
HealthPartners Broad $292.50 ↑ +50%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $307.77 ↑ +58%
Health EOS PPO $312.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $322.14 ↑ +65%
HealthPartners Robin $322.48 ↑ +65%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $323.92 ↑ +66%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $323.92 ↑ +66%
United Healthcare PPO $328.38 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $329.94 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $331.50 ↑ +70%
Trilogy Commercial $333.37 ↑ +71%

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Bckdhb gene at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $195.00 $75.99 – $333.37
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $195.00 $75.99 – $333.37
Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc Two Rivers $195.00 $75.99 – $333.37
Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis $195.00 $75.99 – $333.37
Aurora Medical Center Burlington Burlington $195.00 $75.99 – $333.37
Aurora Medical Center Washington County Hartford $195.00 $75.99 – $333.37
Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $195.00 $75.99 – $333.37
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County Sheboygan $195.00 $75.99 – $333.37

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