Mayo estrone 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

$85.00

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.

$170.00

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.

$19.96 with United Healthcare vs $143.82 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 $19.96 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Exchange $19.96 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare HMO $19.96 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Charter $19.96 ↓ -77%
Anthem Blue Priority $24.95 ↓ -71%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $24.95 ↓ -71%
Anthem Blue Preferred $29.94 ↓ -65%
Anthem PPO $29.94 ↓ -65%
Common Ground Exchange $52.40 ↓ -38%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $52.40 ↓ -38%
Common Ground Envision $54.54 ↓ -36%
Centivo Commercial $54.54 ↓ -36%
Aetna HMO $55.64 ↓ -35%
Quartz One Commercial $62.38 ↓ -27%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $62.38 ↓ -27%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $66.18 ↓ -22%
Molina Exchange Commercial $68.86 ↓ -19%
HS Technology Commercial $70.21 ↓ -17%
Quartz Group Commercial $72.36 ↓ -15%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $72.63 ↓ -15%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $73.63 ↓ -13%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $80.84 ↓ -5%
HealthPartners Robin $84.71 ↓ -0%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $85.08 ↑ +0%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $85.08 ↑ +0%
Trilogy Commercial $87.56 ↑ +3%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $102.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $127.50 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $136.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $140.42 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $143.14 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $143.82 ↑ +69%

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Mayo estrone 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 $213.59 $24.95 – $108.88
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $213.59 $24.95 – $108.88
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $308.36 $14.97 – $120.26
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $44.00 $18.71 – $248.08
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $53.35 $18.71 – $198.47
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $36.85 $18.71 – $202.99
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $46.20 $24.95 – $50.51
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $46.20 $18.71 – $48.15

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