Biovance 1 square cm 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

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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.

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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.

$148.69 with Aetna vs $352.23 with Molina Exchange — 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 $148.69
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $151.13
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $168.45
HealthPartners Robin $176.19
Common Ground Envision $189.25
Centivo Commercial $189.25
Quartz One Commercial $194.88
Health Payment Systems Commercial $194.88
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $207.05
Common Ground Exchange $207.05
Cigna PPO-GPPO $216.54
Quartz Group Commercial $223.75
Molina Exchange Commercial $352.23

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Biovance 1 square cm at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $142.86 – $445.54
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $90.66 – $271.43
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $94.01 – $271.43
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison not published $90.66 – $271.43
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe not published $120.88 – $363.89
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon not published $147.03 – $393.01
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac not published $92.32 – $393.01
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun not published $147.03 – $393.01

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