Replace picvad cath 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

$4,265.00

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.

$8,530.00

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.

$3,667.90 with HealthPartners vs $11,699.00 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
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $3,667.90 ↓ -14%
Anthem Blue Priority $3,672.00 ↓ -14%
Anthem Blue Preferred $4,080.00 ↓ -4%
HealthPartners Robin $4,947.40 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $5,118.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem PPO $5,971.00 ↑ +40%
HealthPartners Broad $6,397.50 ↑ +50%
Aetna HMO $6,461.00 ↑ +51%
Health EOS PPO $6,824.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $7,045.78 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $7,182.26 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $7,216.38 ↑ +69%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $7,978.00 ↑ +87%
Common Ground Exchange $8,181.00 ↑ +92%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $8,181.00 ↑ +92%
Common Ground Envision $8,181.00 ↑ +92%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $8,450.00 ↑ +98%
Quartz One Commercial $8,690.00 ↑ +104%
Molina Exchange Commercial $9,071.00 ↑ +113%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $9,600.00 ↑ +125%
Centivo Commercial $9,834.00 ↑ +131%
United Healthcare Exchange $9,882.00 ↑ +132%
United Healthcare Charter $9,953.00 ↑ +133%
United Healthcare Nexus $9,953.00 ↑ +133%
HS Technology Commercial $10,017.00 ↑ +135%
Quartz Group Commercial $10,170.00 ↑ +138%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $10,544.00 ↑ +147%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $10,600.00 ↑ +149%
United Healthcare HMO $10,843.00 ↑ +154%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $11,099.00 ↑ +160%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $11,099.00 ↑ +160%
Trilogy Commercial $11,699.00 ↑ +174%

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Replace picvad cath at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $1,951.46 $439.06 – $4,373.39
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $4,112.90 $2,300.22 – $9,052.00
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Franklin $2,564.14 $4,173.35 – $4,173.35
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $2,564.14 $4,173.35 – $4,173.35
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee $2,564.14 $4,173.35 – $4,173.35
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee not published $439.06 – $4,373.39
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $266.76 – $890.98
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $2,302.00 – $16,897.00

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