Exam plvc w/anes othr thn lcl 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

$3,235.00

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$6,470.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$2,782.10 with HealthPartners vs $8,773.00 with Trilogy — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $2,782.10 ↓ -14%
Aetna HMO $3,119.00 ↓ -4%
Anthem Blue Priority $3,672.00 ↑ +14%
HealthPartners Robin $3,752.60 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $3,882.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem Blue Preferred $4,080.00 ↑ +26%
Anthem PPO $4,529.00 ↑ +40%
HealthPartners Broad $4,852.50 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $5,176.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $5,344.22 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $5,447.74 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $5,473.62 ↑ +69%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $5,508.00 ↑ +70%
Molina Exchange Commercial $5,889.00 ↑ +82%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $5,951.00 ↑ +84%
Common Ground Exchange $5,951.00 ↑ +84%
Common Ground Envision $5,951.00 ↑ +84%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $6,490.00 ↑ +101%
Quartz One Commercial $6,690.00 ↑ +107%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $6,800.00 ↑ +110%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $6,850.00 ↑ +112%
United Healthcare Exchange $7,640.00 ↑ +136%
Centivo Commercial $7,649.00 ↑ +136%
HS Technology Commercial $7,653.00 ↑ +137%
United Healthcare Nexus $7,696.00 ↑ +138%
United Healthcare Charter $7,696.00 ↑ +138%
Quartz Group Commercial $7,830.00 ↑ +142%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $7,880.00 ↑ +144%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $8,295.00 ↑ +156%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $8,295.00 ↑ +156%
United Healthcare HMO $8,384.00 ↑ +159%
Trilogy Commercial $8,773.00 ↑ +171%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Exam plvc w/anes othr thn lcl at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $4,590.85 $2,445.46 – $6,798.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $2,908.95 $2,358.24 – $8,124.00
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $3,235.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $3,235.00 not published
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $3,235.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc Two Rivers $3,235.00 not published
Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis $3,235.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Burlington Burlington $3,235.00 not published

All Wisconsin hospitals for this procedure →