Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial 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

$211.08

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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.

$263.85

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.

$20.29 with Aspirus vs $94.15 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 $20.29 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial $26.46 ↓ -87%
Security Health Plan HMO/POS/SAS $27.34 ↓ -87%
Quartz HMO $27.52 ↓ -87%
Mercy Care HMO/POS $29.28 ↓ -86%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO/POS/PPO $31.75 ↓ -85%
Aspirus HMO/POS $31.75 ↓ -85%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $32.19 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Commercial $36.43 ↓ -83%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Priority/Pathway $41.88 ↓ -80%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO/POS $51.39 ↓ -76%
Aspirus Medicare Advantage $52.92 ↓ -75%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $57.10 ↓ -73%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $57.10 ↓ -73%
Prevea 360 Commercial $74.97 ↓ -64%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Traditional $83.79 ↓ -60%
MeridianCare Medicare Advantage $94.15 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare Advantage $94.15 ↓ -55%
IlliniCare Medicare Advantage $94.15 ↓ -55%
Prevea 360 Medicare Advantage $94.15 ↓ -55%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $94.15 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $94.15 ↓ -55%
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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Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison not published $73.94 – $178.89
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $73.94 – $178.89
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $73.94 – $178.89
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe not published $91.46 – $249.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon not published $99.05 – $249.05
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac not published $73.94 – $249.05
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun not published $99.05 – $249.05
Aurora Psychiatric Hospital Wauwatosa not published $91.46 – $223.21

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