Lead ingevity 45cm pfret MRI 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

$1,050.00

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.

$2,100.00

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.

$548.50 with Aetna vs $954.80 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
Aetna HMO $548.50 ↓ -48%
HS Technology Commercial $564.30 ↓ -46%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $564.30 ↓ -46%
Quartz One Commercial $620.73 ↓ -41%
Anthem Blue Preferred $654.59 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare HMO $670.39 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Charter $670.39 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Nexus $670.39 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Exchange $670.39 ↓ -36%
Anthem Blue Priority $677.16 ↓ -36%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $677.16 ↓ -36%
Molina Exchange Commercial $677.16 ↓ -36%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $677.16 ↓ -36%
Common Ground Envision $677.16 ↓ -36%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $677.16 ↓ -36%
Common Ground Exchange $677.16 ↓ -36%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $677.16 ↓ -36%
Quartz Group Commercial $677.16 ↓ -36%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $699.73 ↓ -33%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $733.59 ↓ -30%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $733.59 ↓ -30%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $733.59 ↓ -30%
Anthem PPO $778.73 ↓ -26%
Trilogy Commercial $790.02 ↓ -25%
HealthPartners Robin $846.45 ↓ -19%
HealthPartners Broad $846.45 ↓ -19%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $846.45 ↓ -19%
Centivo Commercial $846.45 ↓ -19%
Health EOS PPO $902.88 ↓ -14%
Aetna PPO $932.22 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare PPO $950.28 ↓ -9%
Cigna PPO $954.80 ↓ -9%

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Lead ingevity 45cm pfret MRI at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $624.00 $179.40 – $741.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $367.76 not published
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $1,212.67 not published
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $414.37 not published
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $517.50 not published
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $517.50 not published
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $517.50 not published
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $2,147.50 not published

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