Culture afb any source 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

$80.00

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.

$160.00

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.

$8.64 with United Healthcare vs $136.00 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
United Healthcare HMO $8.64 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Nexus $8.64 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Exchange $8.64 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Charter $8.64 ↓ -89%
Anthem Blue Priority $10.80 ↓ -87%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $10.80 ↓ -87%
Anthem Blue Preferred $12.96 ↓ -84%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $22.68 ↓ -72%
Common Ground Exchange $22.68 ↓ -72%
Centivo Commercial $23.61 ↓ -70%
Common Ground Envision $23.61 ↓ -70%
Aetna HMO $24.08 ↓ -70%
Quartz One Commercial $27.00 ↓ -66%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $27.00 ↓ -66%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $28.64 ↓ -64%
Molina Exchange Commercial $29.81 ↓ -63%
HS Technology Commercial $30.39 ↓ -62%
Quartz Group Commercial $31.32 ↓ -61%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $31.53 ↓ -61%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $31.89 ↓ -60%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $34.99 ↓ -56%
HealthPartners Robin $36.67 ↓ -54%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $36.83 ↓ -54%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $36.83 ↓ -54%
Trilogy Commercial $37.91 ↓ -53%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $96.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $120.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $128.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $132.16 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $134.72 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $135.36 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $136.00 ↑ +70%

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Culture afb any source 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 $115.01 $10.80 – $47.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $115.01 $10.80 – $47.00
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $143.01 $6.48 – $59.57
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $82.15 $10.48 – $19.36
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $179.85 $8.10 – $107.35
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $242.00 $8.10 – $85.85
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $127.60 $8.10 – $87.82
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $92.40 $10.80 – $18.90

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