Assay of breath ethanol at Aurora Medical Center Bay Area
3003 University Dr, Marinette, WI · Aurorahealthcare · · NPI 1043397177
$30.00
Cash price 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.
$60.00
Gross charge 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.
$24.00 with United Healthcare vs $105.28 with Trilogy — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United Healthcare | Charter | $24.00 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $24.00 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare | Exchange | $24.00 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $24.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Aurora Caregiver | Commercial | $30.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Anthem | Blue Priority | $30.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Everpointe Elite | Commercial | $35.55 | ↑ +19% |
| Anthem | Blue Preferred | $36.00 | ↑ +20% |
| Anthem | PPO | $36.00 | ↑ +20% |
| Health EOS Plus | Commercial | $36.00 | ↑ +20% |
| HealthPartners | Broad | $45.00 | ↑ +50% |
| Health EOS | PPO | $48.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | PPO | $49.56 | ↑ +65% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $50.52 | ↑ +68% |
| Cigna | PPO | $50.76 | ↑ +69% |
| Common Ground | Employee Trust Fund | $63.00 | ↑ +110% |
| Common Ground | Exchange | $63.00 | ↑ +110% |
| Centivo | Commercial | $65.58 | ↑ +119% |
| Common Ground | Envision | $65.58 | ↑ +119% |
| Aetna | HMO | $66.90 | ↑ +123% |
| Quartz One | Commercial | $75.00 | ↑ +150% |
| Health Payment Systems | Commercial | $75.00 | ↑ +150% |
| HealthPartners | Employee Trust Fund | $79.57 | ↑ +165% |
| Molina Exchange | Commercial | $82.80 | ↑ +176% |
| HS Technology | Commercial | $84.42 | ↑ +181% |
| Quartz Group | Commercial | $87.00 | ↑ +190% |
| Cigna | PPO-GPPO | $87.93 | ↑ +193% |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Aurora Featured | $97.20 | ↑ +224% |
| HealthPartners | Robin | $101.85 | ↑ +240% |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Arise | $102.30 | ↑ +241% |
| Wisconsin Physician Service | Statewide | $102.30 | ↑ +241% |
| Trilogy | Commercial | $105.28 | ↑ +251% |
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Assay of breath ethanol at other Wisconsin hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) | Mequon | $45.58 | $24.79 – $93.89 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville | Janesville | $39.60 | $22.50 – $95.79 |
| Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro | Milwaukee | $30.00 | $24.00 – $105.28 |
| Aurora Medical Center Summit | Summit | $30.00 | $24.00 – $105.28 |
| Aurora Psychiatric Hospital | Wauwatosa | $30.00 | $24.00 – $105.28 |
| Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital | Franklin | $33.92 | $19.94 – $70.50 |
| Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.) | Oshkosh | $31.92 | $17.23 – $115.80 |
| Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. | Milwaukee | $33.92 | $19.94 – $70.50 |