Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) 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

$117.50

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.

$235.00

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.

$6.77 with United Healthcare vs $29.70 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
United Healthcare HMO $6.77 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Nexus $6.77 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Exchange $6.77 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Charter $6.77 ↓ -94%
Anthem Blue Priority $8.46 ↓ -93%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $8.46 ↓ -93%
Anthem Blue Preferred $10.15 ↓ -91%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $17.77 ↓ -85%
Common Ground Exchange $17.77 ↓ -85%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $18.00 ↓ -85%
Centivo Commercial $18.49 ↓ -84%
Common Ground Envision $18.49 ↓ -84%
Aetna HMO $18.87 ↓ -84%
Quartz One Commercial $21.15 ↓ -82%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $21.15 ↓ -82%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $22.43 ↓ -81%
HealthPartners Broad $22.50 ↓ -81%
Molina Exchange Commercial $23.35 ↓ -80%
HS Technology Commercial $23.81 ↓ -80%
Health EOS PPO $24.00 ↓ -80%
Quartz Group Commercial $24.53 ↓ -79%
Aetna PPO $24.78 ↓ -79%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $24.84 ↓ -79%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $24.96 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare PPO $25.26 ↓ -79%
Cigna PPO $25.38 ↓ -78%
Anthem PPO $25.50 ↓ -78%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $27.41 ↓ -77%
HealthPartners Robin $28.72 ↓ -76%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $28.85 ↓ -75%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $28.85 ↓ -75%
Trilogy Commercial $29.70 ↓ -75%

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