Sm-153 lexidron ther 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

$16,540.00

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.

$33,080.00

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.

$4,314.91 with United Healthcare vs $27,985.68 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 Charter $4,314.91 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Nexus $4,314.91 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Exchange $4,314.91 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare HMO $4,314.91 ↓ -74%
Aetna HMO $15,631.57 ↓ -5%
Anthem Blue Priority $16,282.88 ↓ -2%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $16,540.00 ↑ +0%
HS Technology Commercial $16,540.00 ↑ +0%
Quartz One Commercial $18,194.00 ↑ +10%
Anthem Blue Preferred $19,539.46 ↑ +18%
Anthem PPO $19,539.46 ↑ +18%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $19,848.00 ↑ +20%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $19,848.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Exchange $19,848.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Envision $19,848.00 ↑ +20%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $19,848.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $19,848.00 ↑ +20%
Molina Exchange Commercial $19,848.00 ↑ +20%
Quartz Group Commercial $19,848.00 ↑ +20%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $20,509.60 ↑ +24%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $21,502.00 ↑ +30%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $21,502.00 ↑ +30%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $21,502.00 ↑ +30%
Trilogy Commercial $23,156.00 ↑ +40%
HealthPartners Robin $24,810.00 ↑ +50%
Centivo Commercial $24,810.00 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Broad $24,810.00 ↑ +50%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $24,912.81 ↑ +51%
Health EOS PPO $26,464.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $27,324.08 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $27,853.36 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $27,985.68 ↑ +69%

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Sm-153 lexidron ther at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $4,314.91 – $11,171.69
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe not published $3,159.80 – $11,747.34
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon not published $11,747.34 – $11,747.34
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac not published $2,369.85 – $11,747.34
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun not published $11,747.34 – $11,747.34
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee not published $4,314.91 – $24,912.81
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit not published $4,314.91 – $24,912.81
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay not published $4,314.91 – $24,912.81

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