Ghs cricothyroidotomy 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

$1,020.00

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.

$2,040.00

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.

$1,224.00 with Health EOS Plus vs $2,340.00 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
Health EOS Plus Commercial $1,224.00 ↑ +20%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $1,291.00 ↑ +27%
Anthem Blue Priority $1,377.00 ↑ +35%
Anthem PPO $1,428.00 ↑ +40%
Common Ground Exchange $1,492.00 ↑ +46%
Common Ground Envision $1,492.00 ↑ +46%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $1,492.00 ↑ +46%
HealthPartners Broad $1,530.00 ↑ +50%
Anthem Blue Preferred $1,530.00 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare Exchange $1,630.00 ↑ +60%
Health EOS PPO $1,632.00 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Nexus $1,641.00 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare Charter $1,641.00 ↑ +61%
Quartz One Commercial $1,670.00 ↑ +64%
Aetna PPO $1,685.04 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $1,717.68 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $1,725.84 ↑ +69%
United Healthcare HMO $1,789.00 ↑ +75%
Molina Exchange Commercial $1,825.00 ↑ +79%
Aetna HMO $1,894.00 ↑ +86%
Quartz Group Commercial $1,950.00 ↑ +91%
Centivo Commercial $1,967.00 ↑ +93%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $2,115.00 ↑ +107%
HS Technology Commercial $2,138.00 ↑ +110%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $2,200.00 ↑ +116%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $2,226.00 ↑ +118%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $2,226.00 ↑ +118%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $2,250.00 ↑ +121%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $2,300.00 ↑ +125%
Trilogy Commercial $2,340.00 ↑ +129%
HealthPartners Robin not published by hospital
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund not published by hospital

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Ghs cricothyroidotomy at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $1,439.20 $224.31 – $964.56
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $1,680.25 $172.55 – $4,401.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $2,379.85 $178.93 – $4,074.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $2,745.05 $172.55 – $4,198.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $411.95 $230.06 – $4,217.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $1,381.60 $1,887.00 – $2,654.00
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $1,381.60 $175.70 – $2,334.00
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $1,381.60 $1,887.00 – $2,654.00

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