Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at Aurora Medical Center Bay Area

3003 University Dr, Marinette, WI · Aurorahealthcare · · NPI 1043397177

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

$1,535.00

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.

$3,070.00

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.

$1,291.00 with Everpointe Elite vs $3,500.00 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
Everpointe Elite Commercial $1,291.00 ↓ -16%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $1,320.10 ↓ -14%
Anthem Blue Priority $1,377.00 ↓ -10%
Common Ground Exchange $1,492.00 ↓ -3%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $1,492.00 ↓ -3%
Common Ground Envision $1,492.00 ↓ -3%
Anthem Blue Preferred $1,530.00 ↓ -0%
Quartz One Commercial $1,670.00 ↑ +9%
HealthPartners Robin $1,780.60 ↑ +16%
Molina Exchange Commercial $1,825.00 ↑ +19%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $1,842.00 ↑ +20%
Quartz Group Commercial $1,950.00 ↑ +27%
Centivo Commercial $1,967.00 ↑ +28%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $2,115.00 ↑ +38%
HS Technology Commercial $2,138.00 ↑ +39%
Anthem PPO $2,149.00 ↑ +40%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $2,226.00 ↑ +45%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $2,226.00 ↑ +45%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $2,250.00 ↑ +47%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $2,300.00 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Broad $2,302.50 ↑ +50%
Trilogy Commercial $2,340.00 ↑ +52%
Health EOS PPO $2,456.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $2,535.82 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $2,584.94 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $2,597.22 ↑ +69%
United Healthcare Exchange $2,955.00 ↑ +93%
United Healthcare Charter $2,976.00 ↑ +94%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,976.00 ↑ +94%
Aetna HMO $3,119.00 ↑ +103%
United Healthcare HMO $3,242.00 ↑ +111%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $3,500.00 ↑ +128%

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Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 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 $2,170.35 $114.82 – $2,007.94
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $2,170.35 $114.82 – $2,007.94
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $1,996.07 $65.56 – $778.46
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $732.05 $660.74 – $4,401.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $1,515.25 $685.17 – $4,074.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $1,044.45 $660.74 – $4,198.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $829.40 $880.98 – $4,217.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $1,051.05 $2,654.00 – $4,761.00

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