Cath groshong MRI 8fr plstc port 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

$508.69

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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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$1,017.38

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.

$343.77 with Aetna vs $601.25 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
Aetna HMO $343.77 ↓ -32%
HS Technology Commercial $353.68 ↓ -30%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $353.68 ↓ -30%
Quartz One Commercial $389.04 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare HMO $420.17 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Charter $420.17 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Exchange $420.17 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Nexus $420.17 ↓ -17%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $424.41 ↓ -17%
Common Ground Envision $424.41 ↓ -17%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $424.41 ↓ -17%
Quartz Group Commercial $424.41 ↓ -17%
Molina Exchange Commercial $424.41 ↓ -17%
Anthem Blue Priority $424.41 ↓ -17%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $424.41 ↓ -17%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $424.41 ↓ -17%
Common Ground Exchange $424.41 ↓ -17%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $438.56 ↓ -14%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $459.78 ↓ -10%
Anthem Blue Preferred $459.78 ↓ -10%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $459.78 ↓ -10%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $459.78 ↓ -10%
Trilogy Commercial $495.15 ↓ -3%
HealthPartners Broad $530.51 ↑ +4%
HealthPartners Robin $530.51 ↑ +4%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $530.51 ↑ +4%
Centivo Commercial $530.51 ↑ +4%
Health EOS PPO $565.88 ↑ +11%
Aetna PPO $584.27 ↑ +15%
United Healthcare PPO $595.59 ↑ +17%
Cigna PPO $598.42 ↑ +18%
Anthem PPO $601.25 ↑ +18%

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Cath groshong MRI 8fr plstc port at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $537.61 not published
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $1,526.84 $190.22 – $785.69
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $1,106.29 not published
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $708.32 not published
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $708.12 not published
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $405.00 not published
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $537.61 not published
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $537.61 not published

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