Special physics consult 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

$725.00

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.

$1,450.00

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.

$725.00 with HS Technology vs $2,158.00 with United Healthcare — 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
HS Technology Commercial $725.00 ↑ +0%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $725.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna HMO $774.30 ↑ +7%
Quartz One Commercial $797.50 ↑ +10%
Molina Exchange Commercial $870.00 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $870.00 ↑ +20%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $870.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem Blue Priority $870.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Envision $870.00 ↑ +20%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $870.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Exchange $870.00 ↑ +20%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $870.00 ↑ +20%
Quartz Group Commercial $870.00 ↑ +20%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $899.00 ↑ +24%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $942.50 ↑ +30%
Anthem Blue Preferred $942.50 ↑ +30%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $942.50 ↑ +30%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $942.50 ↑ +30%
Trilogy Commercial $1,015.00 ↑ +40%
HealthPartners Broad $1,087.50 ↑ +50%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $1,087.50 ↑ +50%
Centivo Commercial $1,087.50 ↑ +50%
HealthPartners Robin $1,087.50 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $1,160.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $1,197.70 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $1,220.90 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $1,226.70 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $1,232.50 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare Exchange $1,967.00 ↑ +171%
United Healthcare Charter $1,981.00 ↑ +173%
United Healthcare Nexus $1,981.00 ↑ +173%
United Healthcare HMO $2,158.00 ↑ +198%

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Special physics consult at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $444.95 $99.71 – $256.58
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $732.46 $129.25 – $387.56
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $732.46 $129.25 – $387.56
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $908.05 $97.92 – $1,304.59
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $915.75 $101.54 – $936.25
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $382.25 $97.92 – $982.29
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $444.95 $401.73 – $401.73
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $444.95 $401.73 – $401.73

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