Eye Socket, Pituitary or Ear CT Scan (with and without contrast) 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

$2,305.00

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.

$4,610.00

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.

$475.00 with Aurora Caregiver vs $3,900.06 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
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $475.00 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Exchange $538.00 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Nexus $543.00 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Charter $543.00 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare HMO $627.00 ↓ -73%
Anthem PPO $714.00 ↓ -69%
Anthem Blue Priority $714.00 ↓ -69%
Anthem Blue Preferred $714.00 ↓ -69%
Molina Exchange Commercial $796.00 ↓ -65%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $796.00 ↓ -65%
Common Ground Envision $812.00 ↓ -65%
Common Ground Exchange $812.00 ↓ -65%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $812.00 ↓ -65%
Centivo Commercial $820.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna HMO $836.00 ↓ -64%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $875.00 ↓ -62%
Quartz One Commercial $900.00 ↓ -61%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $983.00 ↓ -57%
Quartz Group Commercial $1,000.00 ↓ -57%
HS Technology Commercial $1,014.00 ↓ -56%
HealthPartners Robin $1,018.00 ↓ -56%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $1,128.00 ↓ -51%
Trilogy Commercial $1,170.00 ↓ -49%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $1,187.00 ↓ -49%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $1,187.00 ↓ -49%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $1,700.00 ↓ -26%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $2,766.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $3,457.50 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $3,688.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $3,807.86 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $3,881.62 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $3,900.06 ↑ +69%

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Eye Socket, Pituitary or Ear CT Scan (with and without contrast) 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 $1,448.49 $99.06 – $401.74
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $1,777.62 $99.06 – $401.74
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $3,166.80 $55.65 – $1,314.22
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $2,459.60 $127.78 – $2,466.29
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $1,349.15 $132.50 – $1,769.92
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $1,282.05 $127.78 – $1,856.97
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $1,750.10 $170.37 – $607.68
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $1,455.30 $759.45 – $759.45

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