Ultrasound chest 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

$352.50

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.

$705.00

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 ↓ -15%
Aetna HMO $301.00 ↓ -15%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $303.00 ↓ -14%
Quartz One Commercial $315.00 ↓ -11%
Anthem Blue Priority $316.00 ↓ -10%
HS Technology Commercial $366.00 ↑ +4%
Common Ground Envision $368.00 ↑ +4%
Common Ground Exchange $368.00 ↑ +4%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $368.00 ↑ +4%
Quartz Group Commercial $370.00 ↑ +5%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $372.00 ↑ +6%
HealthPartners Broad $378.75 ↑ +7%
Centivo Commercial $383.00 ↑ +9%
Molina Exchange Commercial $392.00 ↑ +11%
Health EOS PPO $404.00 ↑ +15%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $406.00 ↑ +15%
Anthem Blue Preferred $408.00 ↑ +16%
Aetna PPO $417.13 ↑ +18%
United Healthcare PPO $425.21 ↑ +21%
Cigna PPO $427.23 ↑ +21%
Anthem PPO $429.25 ↑ +22%
HealthPartners Robin $464.00 ↑ +32%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $499.00 ↑ +42%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $525.00 ↑ +49%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $525.00 ↑ +49%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $525.00 ↑ +49%
Trilogy Commercial $526.00 ↑ +49%
United Healthcare Exchange $581.00 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare Nexus $586.00 ↑ +66%
United Healthcare Charter $586.00 ↑ +66%
United Healthcare HMO $638.00 ↑ +81%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $700.00 ↑ +99%

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Ultrasound chest at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center GREEN BAY $405.24 $40.83 – $521.52
HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Green Bay $405.24 $40.62 – $521.52
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $504.03 $45.12 – $245.18
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $504.03 $45.12 – $245.18
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $919.47 $25.29 – $381.58
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $707.30 $76.16 – $662.10
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $884.40 $78.98 – $475.14
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $748.00 $76.16 – $498.51

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