Meropenem 1 gram intravenous solution 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

$4.67

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.

$9.34

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.

$0.35 with Aurora Caregiver vs $7.06 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
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $0.35 ↓ -93%
Aetna HMO $0.40 ↓ -91%
Anthem Blue Priority $0.43 ↓ -91%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $0.45 ↓ -90%
HealthPartners Robin $0.47 ↓ -90%
Common Ground Exchange $0.48 ↓ -90%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $0.48 ↓ -90%
Common Ground Envision $0.51 ↓ -89%
Centivo Commercial $0.51 ↓ -89%
Anthem Blue Preferred $0.52 ↓ -89%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $0.52 ↓ -89%
Quartz One Commercial $0.52 ↓ -89%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $0.59 ↓ -87%
Quartz Group Commercial $0.60 ↓ -87%
Molina Exchange Commercial $0.95 ↓ -80%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $1.63 ↓ -65%
HS Technology Commercial $4.16 ↓ -11%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $4.32 ↓ -7%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $4.57 ↓ -2%
Trilogy Commercial $4.57 ↓ -2%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $4.57 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Charter $4.94 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare Nexus $4.94 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare Exchange $4.94 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare HMO $4.94 ↑ +6%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $4.99 ↑ +7%
HealthPartners Broad $6.23 ↑ +33%
Health EOS PPO $6.65 ↑ +42%
Aetna PPO $6.86 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare PPO $7.00 ↑ +50%
Cigna PPO $7.03 ↑ +51%
Anthem PPO $7.06 ↑ +51%

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