Cytopath c/v redo 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.

$19.22 with United Healthcare vs $84.33 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
United Healthcare Nexus $19.22
United Healthcare Exchange $19.22
United Healthcare HMO $19.22
United Healthcare Charter $19.22
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $24.03
Anthem Blue Priority $24.03
Anthem Blue Preferred $28.84
Anthem PPO $28.84
Everpointe Elite Commercial $31.17
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $50.46
Common Ground Exchange $50.46
Common Ground Envision $52.53
Centivo Commercial $52.53
Aetna HMO $53.59
Health Payment Systems Commercial $60.08
Quartz One Commercial $60.08
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $63.74
Molina Exchange Commercial $66.32
HS Technology Commercial $67.62
Quartz Group Commercial $69.69
Cigna PPO-GPPO $69.75
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $77.86
HealthPartners Robin $81.58
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $81.94
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $81.94
Trilogy Commercial $84.33

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Cytopath c/v redo 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 not published $21.74 – $75.21
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon not published $21.74 – $75.21
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $24.03 – $33.64
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $14.92 – $23.31
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $18.02 – $105.01
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $18.02 – $84.01
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison not published $18.02 – $85.91
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe not published $24.03 – $42.05

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