X-ray small intestine follow-through study 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

$352.50

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$705.00

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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 $596.43 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

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

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 ↓ -43%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $240.00 ↓ -32%
Quartz One Commercial $245.00 ↓ -30%
Common Ground Exchange $249.00 ↓ -29%
Common Ground Envision $249.00 ↓ -29%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $249.00 ↓ -29%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $259.00 ↓ -27%
Anthem Blue Preferred $265.00 ↓ -25%
Anthem Blue Priority $265.00 ↓ -25%
Anthem PPO $265.00 ↓ -25%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $266.00 ↓ -25%
Quartz Group Commercial $290.00 ↓ -18%
HS Technology Commercial $293.00 ↓ -17%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $299.00 ↓ -15%
Molina Exchange Commercial $308.00 ↓ -13%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $315.00 ↓ -11%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $315.00 ↓ -11%
Centivo Commercial $328.00 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Exchange $336.00 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare Nexus $339.00 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Charter $339.00 ↓ -4%
HealthPartners Robin $340.00 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare HMO $369.00 ↑ +5%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $400.00 ↑ +13%
Trilogy Commercial $410.00 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $423.00 ↑ +20%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $460.00 ↑ +30%
HealthPartners Broad $528.75 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $564.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $582.33 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $593.61 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $596.43 ↑ +69%

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X-ray small intestine follow-through study 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 $179.67 $54.72 – $115.84
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $179.67 $54.72 – $115.84
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $1,741.56 $30.81 – $722.74
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $583.55 $510.13 – $510.13
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $1,436.05 $366.07 – $366.07
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $1,504.80 $384.08 – $384.08
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $196.35 $125.81 – $125.81
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $180.40 $155.12 – $155.12

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