Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code 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

$2,890.00

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.

$5,780.00

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.

$2,020.00 with Anthem vs $19,000.00 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
Anthem Blue Priority $2,020.00 ↓ -30%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $2,153.00 ↓ -26%
Anthem Blue Preferred $2,244.00 ↓ -22%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $2,450.00 ↓ -15%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $2,485.40 ↓ -14%
Molina Exchange Commercial $2,568.00 ↓ -11%
Common Ground Envision $2,727.00 ↓ -6%
Common Ground Exchange $2,727.00 ↓ -6%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $2,727.00 ↓ -6%
Quartz One Commercial $2,790.00 ↓ -3%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $2,883.00 ↓ -0%
United Healthcare Exchange $2,955.00 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,976.00 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Charter $2,976.00 ↑ +3%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $3,035.00 ↑ +5%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $3,035.00 ↑ +5%
Aetna HMO $3,119.00 ↑ +8%
HS Technology Commercial $3,152.00 ↑ +9%
Centivo Commercial $3,169.00 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare HMO $3,242.00 ↑ +12%
Quartz Group Commercial $3,260.00 ↑ +13%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $3,350.00 ↑ +16%
HealthPartners Robin $3,352.40 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $3,468.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem PPO $4,046.00 ↑ +40%
HealthPartners Broad $4,335.00 ↑ +50%
Trilogy Commercial $4,387.00 ↑ +52%
Health EOS PPO $4,624.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $4,774.28 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $4,866.76 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $4,889.88 ↑ +69%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $19,000.00 ↑ +557%

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Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code 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 $4,459.95 $308.45 – $3,527.44
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $4,459.95 $308.45 – $3,527.44
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $3,566.92 $174.22 – $1,480.27
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $1,772.10 $1,203.19 – $4,867.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $1,945.90 $1,247.68 – $4,321.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $2,243.45 $1,203.19 – $4,982.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $1,526.25 $1,604.25 – $4,743.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $3,294.50 $3,388.00 – $4,761.00

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