M.pneumon dna quant 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

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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.

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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.

$123.22 with Everpointe Elite vs $1,062.07 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
Everpointe Elite Commercial $123.22
United Healthcare Exchange $242.10
United Healthcare HMO $242.10
United Healthcare Charter $242.10
United Healthcare Nexus $242.10
Anthem Blue Priority $302.62
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $302.62
Anthem Blue Preferred $363.14
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $635.50
Common Ground Exchange $635.50
Common Ground Envision $661.53
Centivo Commercial $661.53
Aetna HMO $674.84
Health Payment Systems Commercial $756.55
Quartz One Commercial $756.55
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $802.63
Molina Exchange Commercial $835.23
HS Technology Commercial $851.57
Quartz Group Commercial $877.60
Cigna PPO-GPPO $883.05
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $980.49
HealthPartners Robin $1,027.36
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $1,031.93
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $1,031.93
Trilogy Commercial $1,062.07

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M.pneumon dna quant at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac not published $84.49 – $584.06
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee not published $85.88 – $947.10
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon not published $85.88 – $947.10
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $181.57 – $423.70
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $59.00 – $293.54
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $226.96 – $529.59
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $226.96 – $529.59
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison not published $226.96 – $529.59

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