Dextrose 5 % and lactated ringers intravenous solution 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

$71.95

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$143.90

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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.

$7.66 with Aetna vs $122.32 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
Aetna HMO $7.66 ↓ -89%
Anthem Blue Priority $7.98 ↓ -89%
Anthem Blue Preferred $9.58 ↓ -87%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $12.21 ↓ -83%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $71.95 ↑ +0%
HS Technology Commercial $71.95 ↑ +0%
Centivo Commercial $71.95 ↑ +0%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $74.83 ↑ +4%
Quartz One Commercial $79.15 ↑ +10%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $79.15 ↑ +10%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $79.15 ↑ +10%
Trilogy Commercial $79.15 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare HMO $85.48 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Exchange $85.48 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Charter $85.48 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Nexus $85.48 ↑ +19%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $86.34 ↑ +20%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $86.34 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Exchange $86.34 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Envision $86.34 ↑ +20%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $86.34 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $86.34 ↑ +20%
Molina Exchange Commercial $86.34 ↑ +20%
Quartz Group Commercial $86.34 ↑ +20%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $93.54 ↑ +30%
HealthPartners Robin $107.93 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Broad $107.93 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $115.12 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $118.86 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $121.16 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $121.74 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $122.32 ↑ +70%

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Dextrose 5 % and lactated ringers intravenous solution at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $48.00 $5.68 – $51.00
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $106.83 $7.66 – $12.21
Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis $75.00 $7.66 – $12.21
Aurora Medical Center Washington County Hartford $67.62 $7.66 – $12.21
Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $73.65 $7.66 – $12.21
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County Sheboygan $81.15 $7.66 – $12.21
Aurora Medical Center Grafton Grafton $81.81 $7.66 – $12.21
Aurora Medical Center Kenosha Kenosha $76.83 $7.66 – $12.21

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