Cornea pre-cut midwest eye cornea pre-cut midwest eye at Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro

945 N 12th St, Milwaukee, WI · Aurorahealthcare · · NPI 1861447179

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Nov 21, 2025 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$14,000.00

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.

$28,000.00

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.

$9,389.52 with Aetna vs $16,422.00 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 $9,389.52 ↓ -33%
Everpointe Elite Commercial $9,660.00 ↓ -31%
HS Technology Commercial $9,660.00 ↓ -31%
Quartz One Commercial $10,626.00 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare Exchange $11,476.08 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Charter $11,476.08 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare HMO $11,476.08 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Nexus $11,476.08 ↓ -18%
Common Ground Employee Trust Fund $11,592.00 ↓ -17%
Common Ground Envision $11,592.00 ↓ -17%
Health EOS Plus Commercial $11,592.00 ↓ -17%
Anthem Blue Priority $11,592.00 ↓ -17%
Quartz Group Commercial $11,592.00 ↓ -17%
Molina Exchange Commercial $11,592.00 ↓ -17%
HealthPartners Employee Trust Fund $11,592.00 ↓ -17%
Aurora Caregiver Commercial $11,592.00 ↓ -17%
Common Ground Exchange $11,592.00 ↓ -17%
Wisconsin Physician Service Aurora Featured $11,978.40 ↓ -14%
Wisconsin Physician Service Statewide $12,558.00 ↓ -10%
Anthem Blue Preferred $12,558.00 ↓ -10%
Health Payment Systems Commercial $12,558.00 ↓ -10%
Wisconsin Physician Service Arise $12,558.00 ↓ -10%
Trilogy Commercial $13,524.00 ↓ -3%
Cigna PPO-GPPO $14,490.00 ↑ +4%
HealthPartners Robin $14,490.00 ↑ +4%
HealthPartners Broad $14,490.00 ↑ +4%
Centivo Commercial $14,490.00 ↑ +4%
Health EOS PPO $15,456.00 ↑ +10%
Aetna PPO $15,958.32 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare PPO $16,267.44 ↑ +16%
Cigna PPO $16,344.72 ↑ +17%
Anthem PPO $16,422.00 ↑ +17%

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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 Baycare Medical Center Green Bay $5,320.00 not published
Aurora Medical Center Burlington Burlington $7,362.90 not published
Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $7,275.00 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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