Convert nephrostomy catheter 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

$2,960.00

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.

$5,920.00

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.

$1,183.00 with Anthem vs $9,600.00 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
Anthem Blue Priority $1,183.00 ↓ -60%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $1,291.00 ↓ -56%
Common Ground Exchange $1,492.00 ↓ -50%
Common Ground Envision $1,492.00 ↓ -50%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $1,492.00 ↓ -50%
Anthem Blue Preferred $1,530.00 ↓ -48%
Quartz One Commercial $1,670.00 ↓ -44%
Molina Exchange Commercial $1,825.00 ↓ -38%
Aetna HMO $1,894.00 ↓ -36%
Quartz Group Commercial $1,950.00 ↓ -34%
Centivo Commercial $1,967.00 ↓ -34%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $2,115.00 ↓ -29%
HS Technology Commercial $2,138.00 ↓ -28%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $2,226.00 ↓ -25%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $2,226.00 ↓ -25%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $2,250.00 ↓ -24%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $2,300.00 ↓ -22%
Trilogy Commercial $2,340.00 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Exchange $2,445.00 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Charter $2,462.00 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,462.00 ↓ -17%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $2,545.60 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare HMO $2,683.00 ↓ -9%
HealthPartners Robin $3,433.60 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $3,552.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $4,440.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $4,736.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $4,889.92 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $4,984.64 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $5,008.32 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $5,032.00 ↑ +70%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $9,600.00 ↑ +224%

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Convert nephrostomy catheter at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $1,802.90 $1,550.71 – $3,990.50
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $2,780.38 $302.07 – $3,657.98
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $2,780.38 $302.07 – $3,657.98
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $4,003.40 $170.98 – $1,661.41
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $3,996.85 $1,579.16 – $4,321.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $3,911.05 $1,522.84 – $4,982.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $3,543.10 $2,030.46 – $4,743.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $1,802.90 $2,959.00 – $3,388.00

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