Transcath biopsy 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

$1,245.00

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.

$2,490.00

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.

$1,070.70 with HealthPartners vs $15,090.00 with United Healthcare — 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
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $1,070.70 ↓ -14%
HealthPartners Robin $1,444.20 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $1,494.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $1,867.50 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $1,992.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $2,056.74 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $2,096.58 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $2,106.54 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $2,116.50 ↑ +70%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $3,500.00 ↑ +181%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $7,978.00 ↑ +541%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $8,181.00 ↑ +557%
Common Ground Exchange $8,181.00 ↑ +557%
Common Ground Envision $8,181.00 ↑ +557%
Aetna HMO $8,243.00 ↑ +562%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $8,450.00 ↑ +579%
Anthem Blue Priority $8,456.00 ↑ +579%
Quartz One Commercial $8,690.00 ↑ +598%
Molina Exchange Commercial $9,071.00 ↑ +629%
Centivo Commercial $9,834.00 ↑ +690%
HS Technology Commercial $10,017.00 ↑ +705%
Quartz Group Commercial $10,170.00 ↑ +717%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $10,544.00 ↑ +747%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $10,600.00 ↑ +751%
Anthem Blue Preferred $10,914.00 ↑ +777%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $11,099.00 ↑ +791%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $11,099.00 ↑ +791%
Trilogy Commercial $11,699.00 ↑ +840%
United Healthcare Exchange $13,752.00 ↑ +1005%
United Healthcare Nexus $13,851.00 ↑ +1013%
United Healthcare Charter $13,851.00 ↑ +1013%
United Healthcare HMO $15,090.00 ↑ +1112%

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Transcath biopsy at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital SHEBOYGAN $6,243.60 $1,628.87 – $12,244.06
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $4,877.59 $338.30 – $880.97
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $7,436.96 $338.30 – $880.97
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $6,692.30 $191.84 – $2,777.30
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $2,488.20 $4,203.64 – $16,582.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $2,869.35 $4,053.72 – $18,955.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $786.50 $5,404.97 – $17,116.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $2,889.70 $4,428.00 – $18,364.00

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