Lipoprotein blood high res frac & quant 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

$67.50

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.

$135.00

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.

$27.09 with United Healthcare vs $118.83 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 Charter $27.09 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Nexus $27.09 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Exchange $27.09 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare HMO $27.09 ↓ -60%
Anthem Blue Priority $33.86 ↓ -50%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $33.86 ↓ -50%
Anthem PPO $40.63 ↓ -40%
Anthem Blue Preferred $40.63 ↓ -40%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $71.11 ↑ +5%
Common Ground Exchange $71.11 ↑ +5%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $73.25 ↑ +9%
Common Ground Envision $74.02 ↑ +10%
Centivo Commercial $74.02 ↑ +10%
Aetna HMO $75.51 ↑ +12%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $81.00 ↑ +20%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $84.65 ↑ +25%
Quartz One Commercial $84.65 ↑ +25%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $89.81 ↑ +33%
Molina Exchange Commercial $93.45 ↑ +38%
HS Technology Commercial $95.28 ↑ +41%
Quartz Group Commercial $98.19 ↑ +45%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $98.43 ↑ +46%
HealthPartners Broad $101.25 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $108.00 ↑ +60%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $109.71 ↑ +63%
Aetna PPO $111.51 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $113.67 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $114.21 ↑ +69%
HealthPartners Robin $114.95 ↑ +70%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $115.46 ↑ +71%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $115.46 ↑ +71%
Trilogy Commercial $118.83 ↑ +76%

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Lipoprotein blood high res frac & quant 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 $52.47 $33.86 – $107.74
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $52.47 $33.86 – $107.74
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $140.80 $20.32 – $65.12
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $170.50 $25.40 – $246.78
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $170.50 $25.40 – $197.43
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $170.50 $25.40 – $201.93
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $170.50 $33.86 – $59.26
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Franklin $81.09 $33.86 – $110.95

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