Homogenization tissue at Aurora Baycare Medical Center

2845 Greenbrier Rd, Green Bay, WI · Aurorahealthcare · · NPI 1255387726

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Nov 21, 2025 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$27.50

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.

$55.00

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.

$4.70 with United Healthcare vs $46.75 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 $4.70 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Nexus $4.70 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Exchange $4.70 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Charter $4.70 ↓ -83%
Anthem Blue Priority $5.88 ↓ -79%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $5.88 ↓ -79%
Anthem Blue Preferred $7.06 ↓ -74%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $12.35 ↓ -55%
Common Ground Exchange $12.35 ↓ -55%
Centivo Commercial $12.85 ↓ -53%
Common Ground Envision $12.85 ↓ -53%
Aetna HMO $13.11 ↓ -52%
Quartz One Commercial $14.70 ↓ -47%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $14.70 ↓ -47%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $15.59 ↓ -43%
Molina Exchange Commercial $16.23 ↓ -41%
HS Technology Commercial $16.55 ↓ -40%
Quartz Group Commercial $17.05 ↓ -38%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $17.19 ↓ -37%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $17.36 ↓ -37%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $19.05 ↓ -31%
HealthPartners Robin $19.96 ↓ -27%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $20.05 ↓ -27%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $20.05 ↓ -27%
Trilogy Commercial $20.63 ↓ -25%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $33.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $41.25 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $44.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $45.43 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $46.31 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $46.53 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $46.75 ↑ +70%

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Homogenization tissue at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Green Bay $130.68 $5.88 – $13.23
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $23.85 $5.88 – $25.23
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $23.85 $5.88 – $25.23
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $24.80 $3.53 – $8.05
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $39.60 $4.41 – $58.46
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $53.35 $4.41 – $46.77
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $27.50 $4.41 – $47.83
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $32.45 $5.88 – $10.29

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