Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac

210 Wisconsin American Dr., Fond Du Lac, WI · Aurorahealthcare · · NPI 1275578064

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

$850.00

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.

$1,700.00

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.

$300.00 with Aurora Caregiver vs $1,445.00 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
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $300.00 ↓ -65%
Aetna HMO $301.00 ↓ -65%
Quartz One Commercial $315.00 ↓ -63%
Anthem Blue Priority $316.00 ↓ -63%
HS Technology Commercial $366.00 ↓ -57%
Common Ground Exchange $368.00 ↓ -57%
Common Ground Envision $368.00 ↓ -57%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $368.00 ↓ -57%
Quartz Group Commercial $370.00 ↓ -56%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $372.00 ↓ -56%
Centivo Commercial $383.00 ↓ -55%
Molina Exchange Commercial $392.00 ↓ -54%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $406.00 ↓ -52%
Anthem Blue Preferred $408.00 ↓ -52%
HealthPartners Robin $464.00 ↓ -45%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $499.00 ↓ -41%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $525.00 ↓ -38%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $525.00 ↓ -38%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $525.00 ↓ -38%
Trilogy Commercial $526.00 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Exchange $581.00 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Charter $586.00 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Nexus $586.00 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare HMO $638.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $700.00 ↓ -18%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $1,020.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $1,275.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $1,360.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $1,404.20 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $1,431.40 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $1,438.20 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $1,445.00 ↑ +70%

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Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $674.30 $77.56 – $199.58
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $758.43 $63.26 – $245.18
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $758.43 $63.26 – $245.18
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $1,660.97 $35.61 – $647.78
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $895.40 $76.16 – $893.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $1,334.85 $78.98 – $641.27
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $1,016.40 $76.16 – $672.85
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $1,471.25 $101.55 – $220.39

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