Insert picvad cath 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

$2,050.00

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.

$4,100.00

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.

$1,763.00 with HealthPartners vs $11,699.00 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
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $1,763.00 ↓ -14%
HealthPartners Robin $2,378.00 ↑ +16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $2,460.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $3,075.00 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $3,280.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $3,386.60 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $3,452.20 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $3,468.60 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $3,485.00 ↑ +70%
Anthem Blue Priority $5,692.00 ↑ +178%
Aetna HMO $6,461.00 ↑ +215%
Anthem Blue Preferred $7,344.00 ↑ +258%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $7,978.00 ↑ +289%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $8,181.00 ↑ +299%
Common Ground Exchange $8,181.00 ↑ +299%
Common Ground Envision $8,181.00 ↑ +299%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $8,450.00 ↑ +312%
Quartz One Commercial $8,690.00 ↑ +324%
Molina Exchange Commercial $9,071.00 ↑ +342%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $9,600.00 ↑ +368%
Centivo Commercial $9,834.00 ↑ +380%
United Healthcare Exchange $9,882.00 ↑ +382%
United Healthcare Charter $9,953.00 ↑ +386%
United Healthcare Nexus $9,953.00 ↑ +386%
HS Technology Commercial $10,017.00 ↑ +389%
Quartz Group Commercial $10,170.00 ↑ +396%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $10,544.00 ↑ +414%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $10,600.00 ↑ +417%
United Healthcare HMO $10,843.00 ↑ +429%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $11,099.00 ↑ +441%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $11,099.00 ↑ +441%
Trilogy Commercial $11,699.00 ↑ +471%

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Insert picvad cath at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac not published $2,342.32 – $8,770.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $4,400.59 $509.08 – $5,865.21
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $3,741.60 $290.96 – $1,091.30
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $2,050.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Grafton Grafton $2,050.00 not published
HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center GREEN BAY $6,232.38 $485.09 – $6,937.25
HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital SHEBOYGAN $6,232.38 $485.09 – $6,947.70
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital OCONTO FALLS $6,232.38 $1,781.44 – $3,225.87

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