Ultrasound scrotum and contents 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

$595.00

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.

$1,190.00

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.

$300.00 with Aurora Caregiver vs $1,006.74 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 $300.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna HMO $301.00 ↓ -49%
Quartz One Commercial $315.00 ↓ -47%
HS Technology Commercial $366.00 ↓ -38%
Anthem Blue Preferred $367.00 ↓ -38%
Anthem Blue Priority $367.00 ↓ -38%
Anthem PPO $367.00 ↓ -38%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $368.00 ↓ -38%
Common Ground Exchange $368.00 ↓ -38%
Common Ground Envision $368.00 ↓ -38%
Quartz Group Commercial $370.00 ↓ -38%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $372.00 ↓ -37%
Centivo Commercial $383.00 ↓ -36%
Molina Exchange Commercial $392.00 ↓ -34%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $406.00 ↓ -32%
HealthPartners Robin $478.00 ↓ -20%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $499.00 ↓ -16%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $525.00 ↓ -12%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $525.00 ↓ -12%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $525.00 ↓ -12%
Trilogy Commercial $526.00 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Exchange $581.00 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Charter $586.00 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Nexus $586.00 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare HMO $638.00 ↑ +7%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $700.00 ↑ +18%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $714.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $892.50 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $952.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $982.94 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $1,001.98 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $1,006.74 ↑ +69%

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Ultrasound scrotum and contents 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 $579.82 $50.18 – $245.18
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $579.82 $50.18 – $245.18
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $1,415.87 $28.14 – $552.19
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $644.60 $76.16 – $384.29
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $923.45 $78.98 – $275.77
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $785.40 $76.16 – $289.34
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $568.15 $93.83 – $101.55
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $460.90 $118.34 – $118.34

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