Adh-sendout 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

$170.00

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.

$340.00

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.

$27.15 with United Healthcare vs $289.00 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
United Healthcare HMO $27.15 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Nexus $27.15 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Exchange $27.15 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Charter $27.15 ↓ -84%
Anthem Blue Priority $33.94 ↓ -80%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $33.94 ↓ -80%
Anthem Blue Preferred $40.73 ↓ -76%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $71.27 ↓ -58%
Common Ground Exchange $71.27 ↓ -58%
Centivo Commercial $74.19 ↓ -56%
Common Ground Envision $74.19 ↓ -56%
Aetna HMO $75.69 ↓ -55%
Quartz One Commercial $84.85 ↓ -50%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $84.85 ↓ -50%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $90.02 ↓ -47%
Molina Exchange Commercial $93.67 ↓ -45%
HS Technology Commercial $95.51 ↓ -44%
Quartz Group Commercial $98.43 ↓ -42%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $99.39 ↓ -42%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $100.14 ↓ -41%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $109.97 ↓ -35%
HealthPartners Robin $115.23 ↓ -32%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $115.74 ↓ -32%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $115.74 ↓ -32%
Trilogy Commercial $119.12 ↓ -30%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $204.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $255.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $272.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $280.84 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $286.28 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $287.64 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $289.00 ↑ +70%

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Adh-sendout at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $162.80 $25.46 – $65.50
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $228.96 $33.94 – $147.87
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $228.96 $33.94 – $147.87
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $304.11 $20.36 – $118.60
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $35.20 $25.46 – $337.41
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $42.90 $25.46 – $269.93
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $29.70 $25.46 – $276.06
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $206.80 $33.94 – $59.40

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