Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe 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

$17.28

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.

$34.55

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.

$2.92 with Anthem vs $29.23 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
Anthem Blue Priority $2.92 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Exchange $2.97 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Nexus $2.97 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Charter $2.97 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare HMO $2.97 ↓ -83%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $3.04 ↓ -82%
Aetna HMO $3.06 ↓ -82%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $3.47 ↓ -80%
Anthem Blue Preferred $3.50 ↓ -80%
Anthem PPO $3.50 ↓ -80%
HealthPartners Robin $3.63 ↓ -79%
Common Ground Envision $3.90 ↓ -77%
Centivo Commercial $3.90 ↓ -77%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $4.01 ↓ -77%
Quartz One Commercial $4.01 ↓ -77%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $4.16 ↓ -76%
Common Ground Exchange $4.16 ↓ -76%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $4.34 ↓ -75%
Quartz Group Commercial $4.61 ↓ -73%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $6.13 ↓ -65%
Molina Exchange Commercial $7.25 ↓ -58%
HS Technology Commercial $17.28 ↑ +0%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $17.97 ↑ +4%
Trilogy Commercial $19.00 ↑ +10%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $19.00 ↑ +10%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $19.00 ↑ +10%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $20.73 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $25.91 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $27.64 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $28.54 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $29.09 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $29.23 ↑ +69%

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Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Durand Durand $4,278.64 not published
HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center GREEN BAY $1,158.60 $3.02 – $212.90
HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Green Bay $9,654.88 $3.02 – $220.74
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $2.19 – $5.69
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $2.19 – $5.69
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison not published $2.19 – $5.69
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe not published $2.92 – $7.95
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon not published $3.21 – $8.09

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