X-ray sella turcica 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

$170.00

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.

$340.00

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.

$200.00 with Aetna vs $460.00 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
Aetna HMO $200.00 ↑ +18%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $204.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem PPO $238.00 ↑ +40%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $240.00 ↑ +41%
Quartz One Commercial $245.00 ↑ +44%
Common Ground Exchange $249.00 ↑ +46%
Common Ground Envision $249.00 ↑ +46%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $249.00 ↑ +46%
HealthPartners Broad $255.00 ↑ +50%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $259.00 ↑ +52%
Anthem Blue Priority $265.00 ↑ +56%
Anthem Blue Preferred $265.00 ↑ +56%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $266.00 ↑ +56%
Health EOS PPO $272.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $280.84 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $286.28 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $287.64 ↑ +69%
Quartz Group Commercial $290.00 ↑ +71%
HS Technology Commercial $293.00 ↑ +72%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $299.00 ↑ +76%
Molina Exchange Commercial $308.00 ↑ +81%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $315.00 ↑ +85%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $315.00 ↑ +85%
Centivo Commercial $328.00 ↑ +93%
United Healthcare Exchange $336.00 ↑ +98%
United Healthcare Charter $339.00 ↑ +99%
United Healthcare Nexus $339.00 ↑ +99%
HealthPartners Robin $340.00 ↑ +100%
United Healthcare HMO $369.00 ↑ +117%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $400.00 ↑ +135%
Trilogy Commercial $410.00 ↑ +141%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $460.00 ↑ +171%

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X-ray sella turcica 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 $298.92 $14.96 – $188.56
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $160.05 $51.95 – $84.53
HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center GREEN BAY $315.48 $24.82 – $456.60
HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital SHEBOYGAN $315.48 $24.82 – $456.60
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital OCONTO FALLS $315.48 $88.91 – $478.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee not published $14.96 – $188.56
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $8.42 – $27.87
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $63.40 – $214.50

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