Flow cytometry one marker technical component 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

$195.00

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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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$390.00

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.

$54.57 with United Healthcare vs $329.94 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

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 Exchange $54.57 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare HMO $54.57 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Nexus $54.57 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Charter $54.57 ↓ -72%
HS Technology Commercial $195.00 ↑ +0%
Centivo Commercial $195.00 ↑ +0%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $195.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna HMO $214.50 ↑ +10%
Quartz One Commercial $214.50 ↑ +10%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $222.39 ↑ +14%
Anthem Blue Preferred $226.20 ↑ +16%
Molina Exchange Commercial $234.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $234.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem Blue Priority $234.00 ↑ +20%
Quartz Group Commercial $234.00 ↑ +20%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $234.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Exchange $234.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $234.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Envision $234.00 ↑ +20%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $234.00 ↑ +20%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $241.80 ↑ +24%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $253.50 ↑ +30%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $253.50 ↑ +30%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $253.50 ↑ +30%
Anthem PPO $269.10 ↑ +38%
Trilogy Commercial $273.00 ↑ +40%
HealthPartners Broad $292.50 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Robin $292.50 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $312.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $322.14 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $328.38 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $329.94 ↑ +69%

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Flow cytometry one marker technical component 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 $190.80 $24.95 – $770.40
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $190.80 $24.95 – $770.40
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $261.60 $30.42 – $76.35
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $59.89 $21.31 – $62.35
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $595.10 $261.13 – $530.76
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $1,173.70 $270.78 – $424.62
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $284.90 $261.13 – $434.26
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $330.00 $77.08 – $348.17

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