ER Visit (level 5, high severity) 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

$1,405.00

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.

$2,810.00

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.

$414.00 with Health EOS Plus vs $3,627.00 with Trilogy — 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
Health EOS Plus Commercial $414.00 ↓ -71%
HealthPartners Broad $517.50 ↓ -63%
Health EOS PPO $552.00 ↓ -61%
Aetna PPO $569.94 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare PPO $580.98 ↓ -59%
Cigna PPO $583.74 ↓ -58%
Anthem PPO $586.50 ↓ -58%
Aetna HMO $1,950.00 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare Exchange $1,985.00 ↑ +41%
United Healthcare Charter $2,000.00 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,000.00 ↑ +42%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $2,070.00 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare HMO $2,180.00 ↑ +55%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $2,200.00 ↑ +57%
Molina Exchange Commercial $2,344.00 ↑ +67%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $2,400.00 ↑ +71%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $2,409.00 ↑ +71%
Centivo Commercial $2,513.00 ↑ +79%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $2,543.00 ↑ +81%
Common Ground Exchange $2,543.00 ↑ +81%
Common Ground Envision $2,543.00 ↑ +81%
HealthPartners Robin $2,642.00 ↑ +88%
Anthem Blue Priority $2,693.00 ↑ +92%
HS Technology Commercial $2,701.00 ↑ +92%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $2,883.00 ↑ +105%
Quartz One Commercial $2,920.00 ↑ +108%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $3,035.00 ↑ +116%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $3,035.00 ↑ +116%
Anthem Blue Preferred $3,274.00 ↑ +133%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $3,400.00 ↑ +142%
Quartz Group Commercial $3,420.00 ↑ +143%
Trilogy Commercial $3,627.00 ↑ +158%

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ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $1,415.70 $441.78 – $1,136.86
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $1,820.02 $281.26 – $1,313.05
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $1,820.02 $281.26 – $1,313.05
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $3,001.09 $12.65 – $166.36
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $1,650.55 $433.84 – $578.46
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $1,598.85 $449.89 – $599.85
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $2,294.05 $433.84 – $578.46
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $1,736.35 $578.46 – $578.46

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