Assay phosphatidylglycerol 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

$157.50

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.

$315.00

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.

$13.22 with United Healthcare vs $266.49 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
United Healthcare Nexus $13.22 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Exchange $13.22 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare HMO $13.22 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Charter $13.22 ↓ -92%
Anthem Blue Priority $16.52 ↓ -90%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $16.52 ↓ -90%
Anthem Blue Preferred $19.82 ↓ -87%
Anthem PPO $19.82 ↓ -87%
Common Ground Exchange $34.69 ↓ -78%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $34.69 ↓ -78%
Common Ground Envision $36.11 ↓ -77%
Centivo Commercial $36.11 ↓ -77%
Aetna HMO $36.84 ↓ -77%
Quartz One Commercial $41.30 ↓ -74%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $41.30 ↓ -74%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $43.82 ↓ -72%
Molina Exchange Commercial $45.60 ↓ -71%
HS Technology Commercial $46.49 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $47.79 ↓ -70%
Quartz Group Commercial $47.91 ↓ -70%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $48.74 ↓ -69%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $53.52 ↓ -66%
HealthPartners Robin $56.08 ↓ -64%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $56.33 ↓ -64%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $56.33 ↓ -64%
Trilogy Commercial $57.97 ↓ -63%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $189.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $236.25 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $252.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $260.19 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $265.23 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $266.49 ↑ +69%

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Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $120.84 $16.52 – $72.23
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