Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) 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

$122.50

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.

$245.00

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.

$6.18 with United Healthcare vs $207.27 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 $6.18 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Exchange $6.18 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare HMO $6.18 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Charter $6.18 ↓ -95%
Anthem Blue Priority $7.73 ↓ -94%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $7.73 ↓ -94%
Anthem Blue Preferred $9.28 ↓ -92%
Anthem PPO $9.28 ↓ -92%
Common Ground Exchange $16.23 ↓ -87%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $16.23 ↓ -87%
Common Ground Envision $16.90 ↓ -86%
Centivo Commercial $16.90 ↓ -86%
Aetna HMO $17.24 ↓ -86%
Quartz One Commercial $19.33 ↓ -84%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $19.33 ↓ -84%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $20.50 ↓ -83%
Molina Exchange Commercial $21.33 ↓ -83%
HS Technology Commercial $21.75 ↓ -82%
Quartz Group Commercial $22.42 ↓ -82%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $22.82 ↓ -81%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $22.95 ↓ -81%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $25.05 ↓ -80%
HealthPartners Robin $26.24 ↓ -79%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $26.36 ↓ -78%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $26.36 ↓ -78%
Trilogy Commercial $27.12 ↓ -78%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $147.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $183.75 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $196.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $202.37 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $206.29 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $207.27 ↑ +69%

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Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) 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 $81.62 $7.73 – $33.23
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $81.62 $7.73 – $33.23
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $118.80 $4.64 – $46.33
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $140.25 $5.80 – $76.92
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $140.25 $5.80 – $61.55
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $140.25 $5.80 – $62.92
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $62.70 $7.73 – $13.53
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $70.40 $7.73 – $15.66

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