Ciprofloxacin 400 mg/200 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback 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

$36.67

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$73.34

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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.

$0.85 with Aetna vs $62.34 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 $0.85 ↓ -98%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $0.97 ↓ -97%
HealthPartners Robin $1.01 ↓ -97%
Common Ground Envision $1.09 ↓ -97%
Centivo Commercial $1.09 ↓ -97%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $1.12 ↓ -97%
Quartz One Commercial $1.12 ↓ -97%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $1.25 ↓ -97%
Quartz Group Commercial $1.28 ↓ -97%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $1.86 ↓ -95%
Molina Exchange Commercial $2.02 ↓ -94%
Anthem Blue Priority $2.10 ↓ -94%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $2.33 ↓ -94%
Anthem Blue Preferred $2.52 ↓ -93%
Common Ground Exchange $2.55 ↓ -93%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $2.55 ↓ -93%
HS Technology Commercial $36.67 ↑ +0%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $38.14 ↑ +4%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $40.34 ↑ +10%
Trilogy Commercial $40.34 ↑ +10%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $40.34 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Charter $43.56 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Nexus $43.56 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Exchange $43.56 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare HMO $43.56 ↑ +19%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $44.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $55.01 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $58.67 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $60.58 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $61.75 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $62.05 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $62.34 ↑ +70%

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Ciprofloxacin 400 mg/200 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac not published $0.89 – $4.41
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $6.44 $1.25 – $5.98
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $6.44 $1.25 – $5.98
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $74.64 $1.70 – $40.84
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $40.24 $0.85 – $2.33
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $35.65 $0.85 – $2.33
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $31.31 $0.85 – $2.33
Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis $36.99 $0.85 – $2.33

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