Allergen specific ige qual multi scrn ea at UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital

202 South Park Street, Madison, WI · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1114920048

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 28, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$5.00

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.

$6.25

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.

$1.44 with Aspirus vs $7.97 with United Healthcare — 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
Aspirus PPO $1.44 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial $1.88 ↓ -62%
Security Health Plan HMO/POS/SAS $1.94 ↓ -61%
Quartz HMO $1.95 ↓ -61%
Mercy Care HMO/POS $2.08 ↓ -58%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO/POS/PPO $2.25 ↓ -55%
Aspirus HMO/POS $2.25 ↓ -55%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $2.28 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Commercial $2.58 ↓ -48%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Priority/Pathway $2.65 ↓ -47%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO/POS $3.25 ↓ -35%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $3.61 ↓ -28%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $3.61 ↓ -28%
Aspirus Medicare Advantage $3.75 ↓ -25%
Prevea 360 Commercial $5.31 ↑ +6%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Traditional $5.94 ↑ +19%
MeridianCare Medicare Advantage $7.97 ↑ +59%
Humana Medicare Advantage $7.97 ↑ +59%
IlliniCare Medicare Advantage $7.97 ↑ +59%
Prevea 360 Medicare Advantage $7.97 ↑ +59%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $7.97 ↑ +59%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $7.97 ↑ +59%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
GHC HMO not published by hospital
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
GHC - Eau Claire Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Dean Health Plan Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
My Choice Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
GHC - South Central WI Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Allergen specific ige qual multi scrn ea at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $7.15 $5.98 – $64.82
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $9.90 $5.98 – $79.24
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $13.75 $5.98 – $63.38
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $154.55 $7.97 – $13.95
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $64.35 $7.97 – $16.14
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $64.35 $5.98 – $15.38
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $64.35 $7.97 – $16.14
Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.) Oshkosh $35.91 $7.97 – $30.76

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