Cath segmntl pulm art 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

$940.00

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.

$1,880.00

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.

$808.40 with HealthPartners vs $19,000.00 with Cigna — 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 $808.40 ↓ -14%
HealthPartners Robin $1,090.40 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $1,128.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem Blue Priority $1,183.00 ↑ +26%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $1,291.00 ↑ +37%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $1,300.00 ↑ +38%
HealthPartners Broad $1,410.00 ↑ +50%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $1,492.00 ↑ +59%
Common Ground Envision $1,492.00 ↑ +59%
Common Ground Exchange $1,492.00 ↑ +59%
Health EOS PPO $1,504.00 ↑ +60%
Anthem Blue Preferred $1,530.00 ↑ +63%
Aetna PPO $1,552.88 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $1,582.96 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $1,590.48 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $1,598.00 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare Exchange $1,630.00 ↑ +73%
United Healthcare Nexus $1,641.00 ↑ +75%
United Healthcare Charter $1,641.00 ↑ +75%
Quartz One Commercial $1,670.00 ↑ +78%
United Healthcare HMO $1,789.00 ↑ +90%
Molina Exchange Commercial $1,825.00 ↑ +94%
Aetna HMO $1,894.00 ↑ +101%
Quartz Group Commercial $1,950.00 ↑ +107%
Centivo Commercial $1,967.00 ↑ +109%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $2,115.00 ↑ +125%
HS Technology Commercial $2,138.00 ↑ +127%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $2,226.00 ↑ +137%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $2,226.00 ↑ +137%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $2,300.00 ↑ +145%
Trilogy Commercial $2,340.00 ↑ +149%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $19,000.00 ↑ +1921%

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Cath segmntl pulm art at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $1,662.65 $1,887.00 – $5,512.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $1,381.18 $266.90 – $3,600.99
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $1,799.35 $266.90 – $3,600.99
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $2,719.32 $152.11 – $1,128.51
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $397.10 $2,036.00 – $2,036.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $1,103.85 $2,181.00 – $9,837.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $1,662.65 $1,887.00 – $5,512.00
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $1,662.65 $1,887.00 – $5,512.00

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