Cornea pre-cut midwest eye cornea pre-cut midwest eye 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

$7,275.00

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.

$14,550.00

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.

$4,949.91 with Aetna vs $8,657.25 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 $4,949.91 ↓ -32%
HS Technology Commercial $5,092.50 ↓ -30%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $5,092.50 ↓ -30%
Quartz One Commercial $5,601.75 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Nexus $6,049.89 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Exchange $6,049.89 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare HMO $6,049.89 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Charter $6,049.89 ↓ -17%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $6,111.00 ↓ -16%
Anthem Blue Priority $6,111.00 ↓ -16%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $6,111.00 ↓ -16%
Common Ground Exchange $6,111.00 ↓ -16%
Common Ground Envision $6,111.00 ↓ -16%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $6,111.00 ↓ -16%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $6,111.00 ↓ -16%
Molina Exchange Commercial $6,111.00 ↓ -16%
Quartz Group Commercial $6,111.00 ↓ -16%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $6,314.70 ↓ -13%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $6,620.25 ↓ -9%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $6,620.25 ↓ -9%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $6,620.25 ↓ -9%
Anthem Blue Preferred $6,620.25 ↓ -9%
Trilogy Commercial $7,129.50 ↓ -2%
HealthPartners Robin $7,638.75 ↑ +5%
Centivo Commercial $7,638.75 ↑ +5%
HealthPartners Broad $7,638.75 ↑ +5%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $7,638.75 ↑ +5%
Health EOS PPO $8,148.00 ↑ +12%
Aetna PPO $8,412.81 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare PPO $8,575.77 ↑ +18%
Cigna PPO $8,616.51 ↑ +18%
Anthem PPO $8,657.25 ↑ +19%

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Cornea pre-cut midwest eye cornea pre-cut midwest eye at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $2,690.19 not published
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee $14,000.00 not published
Aurora Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $5,320.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Burlington Burlington $7,362.90 not published
HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital SHEBOYGAN $4,327.62 $1,092.03 – $1,573.68
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $3,351.47 – $3,351.47

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