COVID-19 PCR test cost in Fond du Lac, WI
In Fond du Lac, WI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for COVID-19 PCR test (SARS-CoV-2 lab test): from $65.00 to $168.00, with a median of $116.50. The lowest listed price is at Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac — $51.50 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $132.88 at 80 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 87635, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 21, 2025 and Nov 21, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fond du Lac, WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac lowest Fond Du Lac, WI POC COVID-19 PCR | $65.00 | $130.00 | $41.05–$174.97 | 50% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac, WI COVID-19 PCR | $87.50 | $175.00 | $41.05–$174.97 | 50% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Fond Du Lac, WI INFECTIOUS AGENT DETEC BY NUCLEIC ACID (SARS-COV-2), AMPLIFIED PROBE | $168.00 | $300.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $65.00, median $116.50, highest $168.00 — a 2.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $65.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This is the lab (PCR or similar amplification) test for the virus that causes COVID-19. It is more sensitive than a rapid antigen test and is often required before some procedures or travel.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test on a swab sample; the collection may be billed separately.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87635 ($103.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac, WICOVID-19 CDC | $10.00 | file |