Bard marquee Ultrasound biopsy device 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

$307.78

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.

$615.55

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.

$51.59 with Everpointe Elite vs $87.70 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 $51.59 ↓ -83%
HS Technology Commercial $51.59 ↓ -83%
Aetna HMO $55.10 ↓ -82%
Quartz One Commercial $56.75 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Exchange $61.29 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Charter $61.29 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare HMO $61.29 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Nexus $61.29 ↓ -80%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $61.91 ↓ -80%
Common Ground Envision $61.91 ↓ -80%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $61.91 ↓ -80%
Anthem Blue Priority $61.91 ↓ -80%
Quartz Group Commercial $61.91 ↓ -80%
Molina Exchange Commercial $61.91 ↓ -80%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $61.91 ↓ -80%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $61.91 ↓ -80%
Common Ground Exchange $61.91 ↓ -80%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $63.97 ↓ -79%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $67.07 ↓ -78%
Anthem Blue Preferred $67.07 ↓ -78%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $67.07 ↓ -78%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $67.07 ↓ -78%
Trilogy Commercial $72.23 ↓ -77%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $77.39 ↓ -75%
HealthPartners Robin $77.39 ↓ -75%
HealthPartners Broad $77.39 ↓ -75%
Centivo Commercial $77.39 ↓ -75%
Health EOS PPO $82.54 ↓ -73%
Aetna PPO $85.23 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare PPO $86.88 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $87.29 ↓ -72%
Anthem PPO $87.70 ↓ -72%

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Bard marquee Ultrasound biopsy device at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $444.99 not published
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $641.25 not published
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $360.41 not published
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $130.47 not published
Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis $700.91 not published
Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette $352.26 not published
Aurora Medical Center Burlington Burlington $337.41 not published
Aurora Medical Center Washington County Hartford $481.59 not published

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