Cyto/molecular report 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

$182.50

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.

$365.00

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.

$27.72 with United Healthcare vs $308.79 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 HMO $27.72 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Exchange $27.72 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Nexus $27.72 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Charter $27.72 ↓ -85%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $63.84 ↓ -65%
HS Technology Commercial $182.50 ↑ +0%
Centivo Commercial $182.50 ↑ +0%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $182.50 ↑ +0%
Quartz One Commercial $200.75 ↑ +10%
Aetna HMO $200.75 ↑ +10%
Anthem Blue Preferred $211.70 ↑ +16%
Molina Exchange Commercial $219.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $219.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem Blue Priority $219.00 ↑ +20%
Quartz Group Commercial $219.00 ↑ +20%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $219.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Exchange $219.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $219.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Envision $219.00 ↑ +20%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $219.00 ↑ +20%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $226.30 ↑ +24%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $237.25 ↑ +30%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $237.25 ↑ +30%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $237.25 ↑ +30%
Anthem PPO $251.85 ↑ +38%
Trilogy Commercial $255.50 ↑ +40%
HealthPartners Broad $273.75 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Robin $273.75 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $292.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $301.49 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $307.33 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $308.79 ↑ +69%

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Cyto/molecular report at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $154.40 $20.84 – $37.95
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $67.31 $32.17 – $37.20
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $548.35 $228.79 – $228.79
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $460.90 $183.04 – $183.04
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $472.45 $187.18 – $187.18
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $79.20 $34.65 – $46.56
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $79.20 $34.65 – $46.56
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $79.20 $34.65 – $46.56

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