Drug assay rufinamide 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

$135.00

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.

$270.00

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.

$21.69 with United Healthcare vs $228.42 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 Nexus $21.69 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Exchange $21.69 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare HMO $21.69 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Charter $21.69 ↓ -84%
Anthem Blue Priority $27.11 ↓ -80%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $27.11 ↓ -80%
Anthem PPO $32.53 ↓ -76%
Anthem Blue Preferred $32.53 ↓ -76%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $56.93 ↓ -58%
Common Ground Exchange $56.93 ↓ -58%
Centivo Commercial $59.26 ↓ -56%
Common Ground Envision $59.26 ↓ -56%
Aetna HMO $60.46 ↓ -55%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $67.78 ↓ -50%
Quartz One Commercial $67.78 ↓ -50%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $71.90 ↓ -47%
Molina Exchange Commercial $74.82 ↓ -45%
HS Technology Commercial $76.29 ↓ -43%
Quartz Group Commercial $78.62 ↓ -42%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $79.32 ↓ -41%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $87.84 ↓ -35%
HealthPartners Robin $92.03 ↓ -32%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $92.45 ↓ -32%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $92.45 ↓ -32%
Trilogy Commercial $95.14 ↓ -30%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $135.00 ↑ +0%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $162.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $202.50 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $216.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $223.02 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $227.34 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $228.42 ↑ +69%

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Drug assay rufinamide at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $46.64 $27.11 – $90.82
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $69.72 $16.27 – $31.81
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $229.90 $20.33 – $197.83
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $301.95 $20.33 – $158.27
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $216.15 $20.33 – $161.86
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $64.35 $27.11 – $47.44
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $64.35 $20.33 – $52.32
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $64.35 $27.11 – $47.44

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