Liver Function Test 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

$140.00

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.

$280.00

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.

$6.54 with United Healthcare vs $236.88 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
United Healthcare Nexus $6.54 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Exchange $6.54 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare HMO $6.54 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Charter $6.54 ↓ -95%
Anthem Blue Priority $8.17 ↓ -94%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $8.17 ↓ -94%
Anthem Blue Preferred $9.80 ↓ -93%
Anthem PPO $9.80 ↓ -93%
Common Ground Exchange $17.16 ↓ -88%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $17.16 ↓ -88%
Common Ground Envision $17.86 ↓ -87%
Centivo Commercial $17.86 ↓ -87%
Aetna HMO $18.22 ↓ -87%
Quartz One Commercial $20.43 ↓ -85%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $20.43 ↓ -85%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $21.67 ↓ -85%
Molina Exchange Commercial $22.55 ↓ -84%
HS Technology Commercial $22.99 ↓ -84%
Quartz Group Commercial $23.69 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $23.88 ↓ -83%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $24.12 ↓ -83%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $26.47 ↓ -81%
HealthPartners Robin $27.74 ↓ -80%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $27.86 ↓ -80%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $27.86 ↓ -80%
Trilogy Commercial $28.67 ↓ -80%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $168.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $210.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $224.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $231.28 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $235.76 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $236.88 ↑ +69%

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Liver Function Test 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 $88.51 $8.17 – $35.54
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $88.51 $8.17 – $35.54
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $142.04 $4.90 – $55.40
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $33.39 $7.92 – $14.63
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $161.70 $6.13 – $81.22
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $158.40 $6.13 – $64.98
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $150.70 $6.13 – $66.44
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $75.35 $8.17 – $14.30

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