Ghs intro needle/intracath vein - 36000 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

$90.00

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.

$180.00

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.

$65.00 with Common Ground vs $152.28 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
Common Ground Envision $65.00 ↓ -28%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $65.00 ↓ -28%
Common Ground Exchange $65.00 ↓ -28%
Quartz One Commercial $70.00 ↓ -22%
Molina Exchange Commercial $74.00 ↓ -18%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $74.00 ↓ -18%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $75.00 ↓ -17%
Centivo Commercial $76.00 ↓ -16%
Aetna HMO $78.00 ↓ -13%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $80.00 ↓ -11%
Quartz Group Commercial $80.00 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Exchange $82.00 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Charter $83.00 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Nexus $83.00 ↓ -8%
Anthem Blue Priority $87.00 ↓ -3%
Anthem PPO $87.00 ↓ -3%
Anthem Blue Preferred $87.00 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare HMO $90.00 ↑ +0%
HS Technology Commercial $90.00 ↑ +0%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $90.00 ↑ +0%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $95.00 ↑ +6%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $95.00 ↑ +6%
HealthPartners Robin $96.00 ↑ +7%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $100.00 ↑ +11%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $108.00 ↑ +20%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $115.00 ↑ +28%
Trilogy Commercial $116.00 ↑ +29%
HealthPartners Broad $135.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $144.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $148.68 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $151.56 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $152.28 ↑ +69%

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Ghs intro needle/intracath vein - 36000 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 $218.36 $14.57 – $111.36
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $218.36 $14.57 – $111.36
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $118.57 $17.43 – $125.98
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $89.10 $1,704.00 – $1,704.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $94.05 $2,036.00 – $2,036.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $1,120.35 $2,181.00 – $9,837.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $84.70 $1,887.00 – $5,512.00
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $84.70 $1,887.00 – $5,512.00

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