Biliary endoscopy thru skin 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

$2,740.00

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.

$5,480.00

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.

$2,356.40 with HealthPartners vs $16,378.00 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.

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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
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $2,356.40 ↓ -14%
HealthPartners Robin $3,178.40 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $3,288.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem PPO $3,836.00 ↑ +40%
HealthPartners Broad $4,110.00 ↑ +50%
Anthem Blue Priority $4,223.00 ↑ +54%
Health EOS PPO $4,384.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $4,526.48 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $4,614.16 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $4,636.08 ↑ +69%
Anthem Blue Preferred $4,692.00 ↑ +71%
Aetna HMO $6,461.00 ↑ +136%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $9,600.00 ↑ +250%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $11,037.00 ↑ +303%
Common Ground Exchange $11,037.00 ↑ +303%
Common Ground Envision $11,037.00 ↑ +303%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $11,136.00 ↑ +306%
Quartz One Commercial $11,150.00 ↑ +307%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $11,750.00 ↑ +329%
Molina Exchange Commercial $12,508.00 ↑ +356%
HS Technology Commercial $12,943.00 ↑ +372%
Quartz Group Commercial $13,050.00 ↑ +376%
United Healthcare Exchange $13,752.00 ↑ +402%
United Healthcare Charter $13,851.00 ↑ +406%
United Healthcare Nexus $13,851.00 ↑ +406%
Centivo Commercial $13,933.00 ↑ +409%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $14,150.00 ↑ +416%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $14,623.00 ↑ +434%
United Healthcare HMO $15,090.00 ↑ +451%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $15,393.00 ↑ +462%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $15,393.00 ↑ +462%
Trilogy Commercial $16,378.00 ↑ +498%

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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $10,668.78 $248.51 – $4,427.54
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $2,740.00 not published
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $2,740.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc Two Rivers $2,740.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Washington County Hartford $2,740.00 not published
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee not published $436.63 – $1,119.30
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon not published $436.63 – $1,119.30
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $4,754.00 – $16,897.00

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