Diagnostic Mammogram (both breasts) 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

$282.50

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.

$565.00

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.

$200.00 with Aetna vs $477.99 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
Aetna HMO $200.00 ↓ -29%
Molina Exchange Commercial $244.00 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Exchange $244.00 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Nexus $246.00 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Charter $246.00 ↓ -13%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $249.00 ↓ -12%
Common Ground Envision $249.00 ↓ -12%
Common Ground Exchange $249.00 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO $268.00 ↓ -5%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $270.00 ↓ -4%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $276.00 ↓ -2%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $282.00 ↓ -0%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $284.00 ↑ +1%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $284.00 ↑ +1%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $300.00 ↑ +6%
Quartz One Commercial $305.00 ↑ +8%
Anthem Blue Preferred $306.00 ↑ +8%
Anthem Blue Priority $306.00 ↑ +8%
Anthem PPO $306.00 ↑ +8%
Centivo Commercial $306.00 ↑ +8%
HS Technology Commercial $309.00 ↑ +9%
Trilogy Commercial $328.00 ↑ +16%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $330.00 ↑ +17%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $339.00 ↑ +20%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $340.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Robin $350.00 ↑ +24%
Quartz Group Commercial $360.00 ↑ +27%
HealthPartners Broad $423.75 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $452.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $466.69 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $475.73 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $477.99 ↑ +69%

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Diagnostic Mammogram (both breasts) 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 $241.15 $78.03 – $263.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $241.15 $78.03 – $263.00
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $462.40 $38.64 – $145.38
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $254.10 $79.11 – $1,307.40
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $366.30 $79.11 – $984.38
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $684.75 $105.48 – $322.43
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $399.30 $146.40 – $146.40
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $399.30 $79.11 – $203.58

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