Biopsy skin incisional single lesion 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

$230.00

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.

$460.00

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.

$197.80 with HealthPartners vs $3,500.00 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
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $197.80 ↓ -14%
HealthPartners Robin $266.80 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $276.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $345.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $368.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $379.96 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $387.32 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $389.16 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $391.00 ↑ +70%
Anthem Blue Priority $1,183.00 ↑ +414%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $1,291.00 ↑ +461%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $1,300.00 ↑ +465%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $1,492.00 ↑ +549%
Common Ground Exchange $1,492.00 ↑ +549%
Common Ground Envision $1,492.00 ↑ +549%
Anthem Blue Preferred $1,530.00 ↑ +565%
Quartz One Commercial $1,670.00 ↑ +626%
Molina Exchange Commercial $1,825.00 ↑ +693%
Aetna HMO $1,894.00 ↑ +723%
Quartz Group Commercial $1,950.00 ↑ +748%
Centivo Commercial $1,967.00 ↑ +755%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $2,115.00 ↑ +820%
HS Technology Commercial $2,138.00 ↑ +830%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $2,226.00 ↑ +868%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $2,226.00 ↑ +868%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $2,300.00 ↑ +900%
Trilogy Commercial $2,340.00 ↑ +917%
United Healthcare Exchange $2,445.00 ↑ +963%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,462.00 ↑ +970%
United Healthcare Charter $2,462.00 ↑ +970%
United Healthcare HMO $2,683.00 ↑ +1067%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $3,500.00 ↑ +1422%

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Biopsy skin incisional single lesion 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 $872.38 $89.91 – $1,310.98
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $872.38 $89.91 – $1,310.98
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $654.40 $51.09 – $170.64
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $430.10 $538.41 – $4,401.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $480.70 $558.33 – $4,074.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $465.30 $538.41 – $4,198.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $496.65 $717.88 – $4,217.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $1,074.15 $2,654.00 – $3,030.00

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