Magnesium sulfate 2 gram/50 ml (4 %) in water intravenous piggyback 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

$13.34

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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.

$26.67

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.

$0.47 with Aurora Caregiver vs $22.56 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
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $0.47 ↓ -96%
Anthem Blue Priority $0.49 ↓ -96%
Aetna HMO $0.50 ↓ -96%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $0.57 ↓ -96%
Anthem PPO $0.59 ↓ -96%
Anthem Blue Preferred $0.59 ↓ -96%
HealthPartners Robin $0.60 ↓ -96%
Common Ground Exchange $0.64 ↓ -95%
Centivo Commercial $0.64 ↓ -95%
Common Ground Envision $0.64 ↓ -95%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $0.64 ↓ -95%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $0.66 ↓ -95%
Quartz One Commercial $0.66 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $0.74 ↓ -94%
Quartz Group Commercial $0.76 ↓ -94%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $0.87 ↓ -93%
Molina Exchange Commercial $1.19 ↓ -91%
HS Technology Commercial $13.34 ↑ +0%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $13.87 ↑ +4%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $14.67 ↑ +10%
Trilogy Commercial $14.67 ↑ +10%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $14.67 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Charter $15.84 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare HMO $15.84 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Exchange $15.84 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Nexus $15.84 ↑ +19%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $16.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $20.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $21.34 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $22.03 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $22.46 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $22.56 ↑ +69%

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Magnesium sulfate 2 gram/50 ml (4 %) in water intravenous piggyback 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 $8.55 $0.61 – $2.84
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $8.55 $0.61 – $2.84
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $41.56 $0.50 – $2.09
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $50.37 $0.47 – $1.19
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $32.86 $0.47 – $1.19
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $29.43 $0.47 – $1.19
Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc Two Rivers $20.62 $0.47 – $1.19
Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis $33.84 $0.47 – $1.19

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