Afo tibial fracture rigid 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

$900.00

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.

$1,800.00

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.

$874.80 with Aetna vs $1,522.80 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
Aetna HMO $874.80 ↓ -3%
HS Technology Commercial $900.00 ↑ +0%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $900.00 ↑ +0%
Quartz One Commercial $990.00 ↑ +10%
Anthem Blue Preferred $1,044.00 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare Charter $1,069.20 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Nexus $1,069.20 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Exchange $1,069.20 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare HMO $1,069.20 ↑ +19%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $1,080.00 ↑ +20%
Molina Exchange Commercial $1,080.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $1,080.00 ↑ +20%
Quartz Group Commercial $1,080.00 ↑ +20%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $1,080.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Exchange $1,080.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $1,080.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Envision $1,080.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem Blue Priority $1,080.00 ↑ +20%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $1,116.00 ↑ +24%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $1,170.00 ↑ +30%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $1,170.00 ↑ +30%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $1,170.00 ↑ +30%
Anthem PPO $1,242.00 ↑ +38%
Trilogy Commercial $1,260.00 ↑ +40%
HealthPartners Robin $1,350.00 ↑ +50%
Centivo Commercial $1,350.00 ↑ +50%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $1,350.00 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Broad $1,350.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $1,440.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $1,486.80 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $1,515.60 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $1,522.80 ↑ +69%

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Afo tibial fracture rigid at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $606.32 $772.15 – $1,116.85
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $463.29 – $928.63
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $710.40 – $947.20
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac not published $710.40 – $1,828.10

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