Fractionation ketosteroids 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

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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.

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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.

$22.80 with United Healthcare vs $100.03 with Trilogy — 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 $22.80
United Healthcare Exchange $22.80
United Healthcare HMO $22.80
United Healthcare Charter $22.80
Anthem Blue Priority $28.50
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $28.50
Anthem Blue Preferred $34.20
Anthem PPO $34.20
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $59.85
Common Ground Exchange $59.85
Centivo Commercial $62.30
Common Ground Envision $62.30
Aetna HMO $63.56
Health Payment Systems Commercial $71.25
Quartz One Commercial $71.25
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $75.59
Everpointe Elite Commercial $77.60
Molina Exchange Commercial $78.66
HS Technology Commercial $80.20
Quartz Group Commercial $82.65
Cigna PPO-GPPO $83.13
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $92.34
HealthPartners Robin $96.76
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $97.19
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $97.19
Trilogy Commercial $100.03

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Fractionation ketosteroids at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $86.39 $28.50 – $114.64
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Franklin $128.26 $28.50 – $118.06
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $128.26 $28.50 – $118.06
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $128.26 $28.50 – $118.06
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee not published $28.50 – $114.64
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $17.10 – $40.91
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $27.64 – $47.11
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $21.38 – $261.36

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