Ultrasound elastography parenchyma 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

$362.50

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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.

$725.00

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.

$300.00 with Aurora Caregiver vs $700.00 with Cigna — 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
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $300.00 ↓ -17%
Aetna HMO $301.00 ↓ -17%
Quartz One Commercial $315.00 ↓ -13%
Anthem Blue Priority $316.00 ↓ -13%
HS Technology Commercial $366.00 ↑ +1%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $368.00 ↑ +2%
Common Ground Exchange $368.00 ↑ +2%
Common Ground Envision $368.00 ↑ +2%
Quartz Group Commercial $370.00 ↑ +2%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $372.00 ↑ +3%
Centivo Commercial $383.00 ↑ +6%
Molina Exchange Commercial $392.00 ↑ +8%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $406.00 ↑ +12%
Anthem Blue Preferred $408.00 ↑ +13%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $435.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Robin $464.00 ↑ +28%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $499.00 ↑ +38%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $525.00 ↑ +45%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $525.00 ↑ +45%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $525.00 ↑ +45%
Trilogy Commercial $526.00 ↑ +45%
HealthPartners Broad $543.75 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $580.00 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Exchange $581.00 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Nexus $586.00 ↑ +62%
United Healthcare Charter $586.00 ↑ +62%
Aetna PPO $598.85 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $610.45 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $613.35 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $616.25 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare HMO $638.00 ↑ +76%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $700.00 ↑ +93%

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Ultrasound elastography parenchyma at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $207.35 $262.60 – $262.60
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $207.35 $77.56 – $199.58
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $207.35 $262.60 – $262.60
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $362.50 not published
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $362.50 not published
Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc Two Rivers $362.50 not published
Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis $362.50 not published
Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette $362.50 not published

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