Warde protein c antigen 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

$155.00

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.

$310.00

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.

$9.61 with United Healthcare vs $262.26 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 $9.61 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Exchange $9.61 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare HMO $9.61 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Charter $9.61 ↓ -94%
Anthem Blue Priority $12.01 ↓ -92%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $12.01 ↓ -92%
Anthem Blue Preferred $14.41 ↓ -91%
Anthem PPO $14.41 ↓ -91%
Common Ground Exchange $25.22 ↓ -84%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $25.22 ↓ -84%
Common Ground Envision $26.25 ↓ -83%
Centivo Commercial $26.25 ↓ -83%
Aetna HMO $26.78 ↓ -83%
Quartz One Commercial $30.03 ↓ -81%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $30.03 ↓ -81%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $31.86 ↓ -79%
Molina Exchange Commercial $33.15 ↓ -79%
HS Technology Commercial $33.80 ↓ -78%
Quartz Group Commercial $34.83 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $35.37 ↓ -77%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $35.45 ↓ -77%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $38.91 ↓ -75%
HealthPartners Robin $40.77 ↓ -74%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $40.95 ↓ -74%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $40.95 ↓ -74%
Trilogy Commercial $42.15 ↓ -73%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $186.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $232.50 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $248.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $256.06 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $261.02 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $262.26 ↑ +69%

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Warde protein c antigen 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 $127.73 $12.01 – $52.73
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $127.73 $12.01 – $52.73
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $76.00 $7.21 – $16.28
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $33.00 $9.01 – $119.44
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $33.00 $9.01 – $95.57
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $33.00 $9.01 – $97.75
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $116.05 $12.01 – $21.02
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $103.95 $12.01 – $24.31

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