Aspirate bladder/sprapubic cath 51102 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

$3,348.28

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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.

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$4,185.34

Gross charge

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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.

$128.21 with United Healthcare vs $1,305.83 with Quartz — 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

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
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $128.21 ↓ -96%
IlliniCare Medicare Advantage $128.21 ↓ -96%
Aspirus Medicare Advantage $128.21 ↓ -96%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $128.21 ↓ -96%
Prevea 360 Medicare Advantage $128.21 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $134.62 ↓ -96%
MeridianCare Medicare Advantage $134.62 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $270.44 ↓ -92%
Aspirus PPO $309.58 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Commercial $327.52 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial $376.88 ↓ -89%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Priority/Pathway $392.32 ↓ -88%
Security Health Plan HMO/POS/SAS $403.80 ↓ -88%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO/POS/PPO $425.66 ↓ -87%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $428.22 ↓ -87%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO/POS $428.22 ↓ -87%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $428.22 ↓ -87%
Aspirus HMO/POS $471.10 ↓ -86%
Mercy Care HMO/POS $471.10 ↓ -86%
Prevea 360 Commercial $1,144.10 ↓ -66%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Traditional $1,278.70 ↓ -62%
Quartz HMO $1,305.83 ↓ -61%
My Choice Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
GHC - South Central WI Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
GHC HMO not published by hospital
Dean Health Plan Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
GHC - Eau Claire 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

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Aspirate bladder/sprapubic cath 51102 at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $2,382.60 $1,522.84 – $8,124.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $4,652.87 $227.73 – $944.60
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $4,652.87 $227.73 – $944.60
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $1,828.20 $1,579.16 – $6,798.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $3,395.15 $2,030.46 – $8,701.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $3,413.85 $3,388.00 – $7,791.00
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $3,413.85 $1,550.71 – $7,791.00
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $3,413.85 $3,388.00 – $7,791.00

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