Arthrodesis/sng lev/ea add ver seg 22614 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

$1,894.40

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.

$2,368.00

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.

$218.27 with Aspirus vs $1,105.77 with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield — 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 $218.27 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial $265.72 ↓ -86%
Security Health Plan HMO/POS/SAS $284.70 ↓ -85%
IlliniCare Medicare Advantage $331.07 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $331.07 ↓ -83%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $331.07 ↓ -83%
Aspirus Medicare Advantage $331.07 ↓ -83%
Prevea 360 Medicare Advantage $331.07 ↓ -83%
Aspirus HMO/POS $332.15 ↓ -82%
Mercy Care HMO/POS $332.15 ↓ -82%
MeridianCare Medicare Advantage $347.62 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage $347.62 ↓ -82%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $753.04 ↓ -60%
Prevea 360 Commercial $806.65 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Commercial $829.01 ↓ -56%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Traditional $901.55 ↓ -52%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Priority/Pathway $1,013.07 ↓ -47%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO/POS/PPO $1,099.15 ↓ -42%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $1,105.77 ↓ -42%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $1,105.77 ↓ -42%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO/POS $1,105.77 ↓ -42%
GHC HMO not published by hospital
Dean Health Plan Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Quartz HMO not published by hospital
GHC - South Central WI Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
GHC - Eau Claire Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
My Choice Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Arthrodesis/sng lev/ea add ver seg 22614 at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison not published $2,036.00 – $2,036.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee not published $581.91 – $1,473.95
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon not published $581.91 – $1,473.95
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $949.00 – $16,897.00
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $1,676.00 – $1,676.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $1,704.00 – $1,704.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe not published $2,181.00 – $9,837.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon not published $1,887.00 – $5,512.00

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