CT thorax low dose for lung screening without contrast 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

$162.50

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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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$325.00

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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.

$195.00 with Health EOS Plus vs $1,700.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Health EOS Plus Commercial $195.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem PPO $227.50 ↑ +40%
HealthPartners Broad $243.75 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $260.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $268.45 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $273.65 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $274.95 ↑ +69%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $475.00 ↑ +192%
United Healthcare Exchange $538.00 ↑ +231%
United Healthcare Nexus $543.00 ↑ +234%
United Healthcare Charter $543.00 ↑ +234%
United Healthcare HMO $627.00 ↑ +286%
Anthem Blue Preferred $714.00 ↑ +339%
Anthem Blue Priority $714.00 ↑ +339%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $796.00 ↑ +390%
Molina Exchange Commercial $796.00 ↑ +390%
Common Ground Exchange $812.00 ↑ +400%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $812.00 ↑ +400%
Common Ground Envision $812.00 ↑ +400%
Centivo Commercial $820.00 ↑ +405%
Aetna HMO $836.00 ↑ +414%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $875.00 ↑ +438%
Quartz One Commercial $900.00 ↑ +454%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $983.00 ↑ +505%
Quartz Group Commercial $1,000.00 ↑ +515%
HS Technology Commercial $1,014.00 ↑ +524%
HealthPartners Robin $1,018.00 ↑ +526%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $1,128.00 ↑ +594%
Trilogy Commercial $1,170.00 ↑ +620%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $1,187.00 ↑ +630%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $1,187.00 ↑ +630%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $1,700.00 ↑ +946%

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CT thorax low dose for lung screening without contrast at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $328.60 $84.64 – $227.74
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $328.60 $84.64 – $227.74
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $1,117.05 $76.16 – $1,063.09
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $244.20 $101.55 – $262.15
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $113.30 $337.24 – $337.24
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $113.30 $77.56 – $199.58
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $113.30 $337.24 – $337.24
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $445.00 not published

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