Cornea pre-cut midwest eye cornea pre-cut midwest eye at HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital

3100 SUPERIOR AVE, SHEBOYGAN, WI · Hshs · · NPI 1730184342

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 24, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$4,327.62

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.

$6,557.00

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.

$1,092.03 with COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE vs $6,557.00 with LIVE360 — 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
COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE COMMUNITY CARE FAMILY CARE MEDICAID MANAGED $1,092.03 ↓ -75%
ANTHEM ANTEHM MEDICAID $1,092.03 ↓ -75%
MERIDIAN HEALTH PLAN MERIDIAN HMO MCD $1,092.03 ↓ -75%
MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES MEDICAID $1,092.03 ↓ -75%
CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED CONTINUUS MEDICAID MANAGED $1,092.03 ↓ -75%
TRIOLOGY TRILOGY MEDICAID $1,157.55 ↓ -73%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA MEDICAID $1,157.55 ↓ -73%
MEDICA MEDICA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,573.68 ↓ -64%
HSHS EMPLOYEES HSHS EMPLOYEES $3,186.70 ↓ -26%
HUMANA HUMANA NATIIONAL POS HMO $3,278.50 ↓ -24%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA EMPLOYEES $3,278.50 ↓ -24%
P360 SMALL GROUP PREVEA 360 SMALL GROUP COMMERCIAL PLAN $3,278.50 ↓ -24%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF WI ALL COMMERICAL MOLINA MARKETPLACE $3,278.50 ↓ -24%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA360 - NETWORK $3,278.50 ↓ -24%
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE HMO $3,278.50 ↓ -24%
PREVEA HEALTH NETWORK PREVEA360 $3,278.50 ↓ -24%
HUMANA ALL COMMERCIAL HUMANA HPN CHOICECARE $3,278.50 ↓ -24%
ANTHEM ANTHEM POS/HMO $3,409.64 ↓ -21%
ANTHEM ANTHEM PPO $3,409.64 ↓ -21%
ARISE HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERCIAL ARISE HEALTH PLAN $3,934.20 ↓ -9%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION PPP $4,065.34 ↓ -6%
SECURITY HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERCIAL SECURITY HEALTH PLAN BROAD NETWORK $4,185.33 ↓ -3%
CIGNA ALL COMMERCIAL CIGNA $4,589.90 ↑ +6%
INTERPLAN ALL COMMERCIAL INTERPLAN HEALTH GROUP $4,589.90 ↑ +6%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION TRUST SELECT $4,721.04 ↑ +9%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA TRUST PPP/TRUST PREFERRED $4,721.04 ↑ +9%
WEA PROVIDER NETWORK WEA INSURANCE CORPORATION $4,721.04 ↑ +9%
HEALTH EOS ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTH EOS $4,917.75 ↑ +14%
HEALTHSMART ALL COMMERCIAL HEALTHSMART $4,917.75 ↑ +14%
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN ALL COMMERICAL NETWORK HEALTH PLAN $4,917.75 ↑ +14%
TRIOLOGY ALL COMMERCIAL TRIOLOGY $5,180.03 ↑ +20%
WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICE $5,245.60 ↑ +21%
MULTIPLAN/PHCS ALL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLAN $5,507.88 ↑ +27%
HEALTH CARE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $5,507.88 ↑ +27%
HUMANA HUMANA CHOICE CARE PPO $5,573.45 ↑ +29%
CHOICECARE ALL COMMERCIAL CHOICE CARE $5,573.45 ↑ +29%
NORTH CENTRAL HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE NEHA $6,032.44 ↑ +39%
FIRST HEALTH ALL COMMERCIAL FIRST HEALTH NETWORK $6,229.15 ↑ +44%
AETNA ALL COMMERCIAL AETNA $6,557.00 ↑ +52%
CATERPILLAR, INC. UHC CATERPILLAR EMPLOYER GROUP $6,557.00 ↑ +52%
COFINITY COFINITY $6,557.00 ↑ +52%
LIVE360 LIVE360 HSHS HEALTHY PLAN $6,557.00 ↑ +52%

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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
Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $7,275.00 not published
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $3,351.47 – $3,351.47

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