Immunofluorescence per specimen initial single antibody stain at Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County

3400 Union Ave, Sheboygan, WI · Aurorahealthcare · · NPI 1922053107

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Nov 21, 2025 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$160.00

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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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$320.00

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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.

$102.78 with United Healthcare vs $329.43 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
United Healthcare Nexus $102.78 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Charter $102.78 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare HMO $102.78 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Exchange $102.78 ↓ -36%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $160.00 ↑ +0%
Centivo Commercial $160.00 ↑ +0%
HS Technology Commercial $160.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna HMO $176.00 ↑ +10%
Quartz One Commercial $176.00 ↑ +10%
Common Ground Envision $192.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $192.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem Blue Priority $192.00 ↑ +20%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $192.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Exchange $192.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $192.00 ↑ +20%
Quartz Group Commercial $192.00 ↑ +20%
Molina Exchange Commercial $192.00 ↑ +20%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $192.00 ↑ +20%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $198.40 ↑ +24%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $208.00 ↑ +30%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $208.00 ↑ +30%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $208.00 ↑ +30%
Anthem Blue Preferred $208.00 ↑ +30%
Trilogy Commercial $224.00 ↑ +40%
HealthPartners Robin $240.00 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Broad $240.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $256.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $264.32 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $269.44 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $270.72 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $272.00 ↑ +70%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $329.43 ↑ +106%

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Immunofluorescence per specimen initial single antibody stain at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital SHEBOYGAN $172.26 $58.17 – $374.88
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $524.17 $47.82 – $367.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $524.17 $47.82 – $367.00
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $396.00 $33.02 – $98.74
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale $161.65 $35.65 – $56.85
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $447.70 $124.11 – $385.95
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $409.75 $128.70 – $308.78
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $946.00 $124.11 – $315.80

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