Zoledronic acid 4 mg/5 ml 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

$29.95

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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.

$59.89

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.

$5.77 with Aetna vs $50.91 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
Aetna HMO $5.77 ↓ -81%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $6.47 ↓ -78%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $6.54 ↓ -78%
HealthPartners Robin $6.84 ↓ -77%
Common Ground Envision $7.35 ↓ -75%
Centivo Commercial $7.35 ↓ -75%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $7.57 ↓ -75%
Quartz One Commercial $7.57 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $8.40 ↓ -72%
Quartz Group Commercial $8.69 ↓ -71%
Common Ground Exchange $8.87 ↓ -70%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $8.87 ↓ -70%
Anthem Blue Priority $9.52 ↓ -68%
Anthem Blue Preferred $11.42 ↓ -62%
Molina Exchange Commercial $13.67 ↓ -54%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $20.36 ↓ -32%
HS Technology Commercial $29.95 ↑ +0%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $31.14 ↑ +4%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $32.94 ↑ +10%
Trilogy Commercial $32.94 ↑ +10%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $32.94 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Charter $35.57 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Nexus $35.57 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Exchange $35.57 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare HMO $35.57 ↑ +19%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $35.93 ↑ +20%
HealthPartners Broad $44.92 ↑ +50%
Health EOS PPO $47.91 ↑ +60%
Aetna PPO $49.47 ↑ +65%
United Healthcare PPO $50.43 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $50.67 ↑ +69%
Anthem PPO $50.91 ↑ +70%

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Zoledronic acid 4 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac not published $6.06 – $15.25
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $85.57 $8.41 – $27.72
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $85.57 $8.41 – $27.72
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison $110.00 $5.20 – $37.30
Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit $32.30 $5.77 – $20.36
Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis $33.54 $5.77 – $20.36
Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette $201.60 $5.77 – $20.36
Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.) Oshkosh $138.05 $8.88 – $31.39

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