Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic 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

$4,600.00

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.

$9,200.00

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.

$3,956.00 with HealthPartners vs $23,460.00 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
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $3,956.00 ↓ -14%
HealthPartners Robin $5,336.00 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $5,520.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $6,900.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $7,360.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $7,599.20 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $7,746.40 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $7,783.20 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $7,820.00 ↑ +70%
Aetna HMO $8,466.00 ↑ +84%
Common Ground Envision $11,037.00 ↑ +140%
Common Ground Exchange $11,037.00 ↑ +140%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $11,037.00 ↑ +140%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $11,136.00 ↑ +142%
Quartz One Commercial $11,150.00 ↑ +142%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $11,750.00 ↑ +155%
Molina Exchange Commercial $12,508.00 ↑ +172%
HS Technology Commercial $12,943.00 ↑ +181%
Quartz Group Commercial $13,050.00 ↑ +184%
United Healthcare Exchange $13,752.00 ↑ +199%
United Healthcare Charter $13,851.00 ↑ +201%
United Healthcare Nexus $13,851.00 ↑ +201%
Centivo Commercial $13,933.00 ↑ +203%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $14,150.00 ↑ +208%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $14,623.00 ↑ +218%
United Healthcare HMO $15,090.00 ↑ +228%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $15,393.00 ↑ +235%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $15,393.00 ↑ +235%
Trilogy Commercial $16,378.00 ↑ +256%
Anthem Blue Priority $18,187.00 ↑ +295%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $19,000.00 ↑ +313%
Anthem Blue Preferred $23,460.00 ↑ +410%

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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $7,004.80 $5,382.89 – $18,364.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $10,530.57 $795.41 – $26,488.62
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $10,530.57 $795.41 – $26,488.62
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $16,339.28 $452.11 – $6,780.80
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $6,188.60 $5,481.64 – $18,190.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $7,139.55 $5,286.15 – $19,855.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $6,619.80 $7,048.20 – $17,116.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $7,004.80 $6,779.00 – $18,364.00

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