Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited 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

$800.00

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.

$1,600.00

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.

$745.00 with HS Technology vs $2,415.00 with United Healthcare — 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
HS Technology Commercial $745.00 ↓ -7%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $745.00 ↓ -7%
Aetna HMO $795.66 ↓ -1%
Quartz One Commercial $819.50 ↑ +2%
Common Ground Envision $894.00 ↑ +12%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $894.00 ↑ +12%
Common Ground Exchange $894.00 ↑ +12%
Quartz Group Commercial $894.00 ↑ +12%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $894.00 ↑ +12%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $894.00 ↑ +12%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $894.00 ↑ +12%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $923.80 ↑ +15%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $968.50 ↑ +21%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $968.50 ↑ +21%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $968.50 ↑ +21%
Trilogy Commercial $1,043.00 ↑ +30%
Anthem PPO $1,043.00 ↑ +30%
Centivo Commercial $1,117.50 ↑ +40%
HealthPartners Broad $1,117.50 ↑ +40%
HealthPartners Robin $1,117.50 ↑ +40%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $1,117.50 ↑ +40%
Health EOS PPO $1,192.00 ↑ +49%
Aetna PPO $1,230.74 ↑ +54%
United Healthcare PPO $1,254.58 ↑ +57%
Cigna PPO $1,260.54 ↑ +58%
Molina Exchange Commercial $2,069.00 ↑ +159%
Anthem Blue Preferred $2,142.00 ↑ +168%
Anthem Blue Priority $2,142.00 ↑ +168%
United Healthcare Exchange $2,201.00 ↑ +175%
United Healthcare Charter $2,217.00 ↑ +177%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,217.00 ↑ +177%
United Healthcare HMO $2,415.00 ↑ +202%

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited 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 $2,528.10 $40.75 – $517.68
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $2,528.10 $40.75 – $517.68
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $1,139.08 $22.93 – $444.24
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $773.30 $173.82 – $231.76
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $349.80 $180.25 – $240.33
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $598.95 $173.82 – $231.76
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $367.95 $231.76 – $231.76
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $652.30 not published

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