Alginate dressing <=16 sq in at Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc

5000 Memorial Dr, Two Rivers, WI · Aurorahealthcare · · NPI 1477508687

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

$11.17

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$22.33

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.

$2.22 with Everpointe Elite vs $3.77 with Anthem — 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
Everpointe Elite Commercial $2.22 ↓ -80%
HS Technology Commercial $2.22 ↓ -80%
Aetna HMO $2.37 ↓ -79%
Quartz One Commercial $2.44 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Exchange $2.64 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Charter $2.64 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare HMO $2.64 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Nexus $2.64 ↓ -76%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $2.66 ↓ -76%
Common Ground Envision $2.66 ↓ -76%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $2.66 ↓ -76%
Anthem Blue Priority $2.66 ↓ -76%
Quartz Group Commercial $2.66 ↓ -76%
Molina Exchange Commercial $2.66 ↓ -76%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $2.66 ↓ -76%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $2.66 ↓ -76%
Common Ground Exchange $2.66 ↓ -76%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $2.75 ↓ -75%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $2.89 ↓ -74%
Anthem Blue Preferred $2.89 ↓ -74%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $2.89 ↓ -74%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $2.89 ↓ -74%
Trilogy Commercial $3.11 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $3.33 ↓ -70%
HealthPartners Robin $3.33 ↓ -70%
HealthPartners Broad $3.33 ↓ -70%
Centivo Commercial $3.33 ↓ -70%
Health EOS PPO $3.55 ↓ -68%
Aetna PPO $3.67 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare PPO $3.74 ↓ -67%
Cigna PPO $3.76 ↓ -66%
Anthem PPO $3.77 ↓ -66%

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Alginate dressing <=16 sq in at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $21.55 not published
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $13.57 not published
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $11.95 not published
Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis $22.26 not published
Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette $3.33 not published
Aurora Medical Center Burlington Burlington $12.70 not published
Aurora Medical Center Washington County Hartford $18.47 not published
Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $11.47 not published

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