Cutter lead 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

$1,231.98

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.

$2,463.96

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.

$495.52 with Everpointe Elite vs $842.38 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
Everpointe Elite Commercial $495.52 ↓ -60%
HS Technology Commercial $495.52 ↓ -60%
Aetna HMO $529.21 ↓ -57%
Quartz One Commercial $545.07 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Exchange $588.67 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Charter $588.67 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare HMO $588.67 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Nexus $588.67 ↓ -52%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $594.62 ↓ -52%
Common Ground Envision $594.62 ↓ -52%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $594.62 ↓ -52%
Anthem Blue Priority $594.62 ↓ -52%
Quartz Group Commercial $594.62 ↓ -52%
Molina Exchange Commercial $594.62 ↓ -52%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $594.62 ↓ -52%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $594.62 ↓ -52%
Common Ground Exchange $594.62 ↓ -52%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $614.44 ↓ -50%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $644.17 ↓ -48%
Anthem Blue Preferred $644.17 ↓ -48%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $644.17 ↓ -48%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $644.17 ↓ -48%
Trilogy Commercial $693.72 ↓ -44%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $743.27 ↓ -40%
HealthPartners Robin $743.27 ↓ -40%
HealthPartners Broad $743.27 ↓ -40%
Centivo Commercial $743.27 ↓ -40%
Health EOS PPO $792.82 ↓ -36%
Aetna PPO $818.59 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare PPO $834.45 ↓ -32%
Cigna PPO $838.41 ↓ -32%
Anthem PPO $842.38 ↓ -32%

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