Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited 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

$945.00

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.

$1,890.00

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.

$890.00 with HS Technology vs $2,958.00 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
HS Technology Commercial $890.00 ↓ -6%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $890.00 ↓ -6%
Aetna HMO $950.52 ↑ +1%
Quartz One Commercial $979.00 ↑ +4%
Common Ground Envision $1,068.00 ↑ +13%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $1,068.00 ↑ +13%
Common Ground Exchange $1,068.00 ↑ +13%
Quartz Group Commercial $1,068.00 ↑ +13%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $1,068.00 ↑ +13%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $1,068.00 ↑ +13%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $1,068.00 ↑ +13%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $1,103.60 ↑ +17%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $1,157.00 ↑ +22%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $1,157.00 ↑ +22%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $1,157.00 ↑ +22%
Trilogy Commercial $1,246.00 ↑ +32%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $1,335.00 ↑ +41%
HealthPartners Broad $1,335.00 ↑ +41%
Centivo Commercial $1,335.00 ↑ +41%
HealthPartners Robin $1,335.00 ↑ +41%
Health EOS PPO $1,424.00 ↑ +51%
Aetna PPO $1,470.28 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare PPO $1,498.76 ↑ +59%
Cigna PPO $1,505.88 ↑ +59%
Anthem PPO $1,513.00 ↑ +60%
Molina Exchange Commercial $2,069.00 ↑ +119%
United Healthcare Exchange $2,201.00 ↑ +133%
United Healthcare Charter $2,217.00 ↑ +135%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,217.00 ↑ +135%
Anthem Blue Priority $2,295.00 ↑ +143%
United Healthcare HMO $2,415.00 ↑ +156%
Anthem Blue Preferred $2,958.00 ↑ +213%

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited 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 $2,528.10 $40.75 – $517.68
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $2,528.10 $40.75 – $517.68
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $1,139.08 $22.93 – $444.24
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $773.30 $173.82 – $231.76
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $349.80 $180.25 – $240.33
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $598.95 $173.82 – $231.76
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $367.95 $231.76 – $231.76
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $652.30 not published

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