Membrane affinity fresh amniotic 2.5x2.5cm -cost per sq cm 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

$310.00

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.

$620.00

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.

$263.31 with Aurora Caregiver vs $642.58 with Molina Exchange — 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 $263.31 ↓ -15%
Aetna HMO $271.25 ↓ -13%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $307.30 ↓ -1%
HS Technology Commercial $310.00 ↑ +0%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $310.00 ↑ +0%
HealthPartners Robin $321.42 ↑ +4%
Common Ground Envision $345.25 ↑ +11%
Centivo Commercial $345.25 ↑ +11%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $355.52 ↑ +15%
Quartz One Commercial $355.52 ↑ +15%
Anthem Blue Preferred $359.60 ↑ +16%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $360.73 ↑ +16%
Common Ground Exchange $360.73 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare Charter $368.28 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Nexus $368.28 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare HMO $368.28 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Exchange $368.28 ↑ +19%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $372.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem Blue Priority $372.00 ↑ +20%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $384.40 ↑ +24%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $395.03 ↑ +27%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $403.00 ↑ +30%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $403.00 ↑ +30%
Quartz Group Commercial $408.19 ↑ +32%
Anthem PPO $427.80 ↑ +38%
Trilogy Commercial $434.00 ↑ +40%
HealthPartners Broad $465.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $496.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $512.12 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $522.04 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $524.52 ↑ +69%
Molina Exchange Commercial $642.58 ↑ +107%

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Membrane affinity fresh amniotic 2.5x2.5cm -cost per sq cm at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Aurora Medical Center Burlington Burlington $740.25 $263.31 – $642.58
Ascension NE Wisconsin - St. Elizabeth Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.) Appleton $1,410.75 $473.65 – $2,228.00
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $220.70 – $305.58
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $90.66 – $487.20
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $94.01 – $487.20
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison not published $90.66 – $487.20
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe not published $120.88 – $715.82
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon not published $289.22 – $716.97

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