Bx soft tiss pelvis/hip deep 27041 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

$5,057.60

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.

$6,322.00

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.

$642.49 with Aspirus vs $4,004.25 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 Medicare Advantage $642.49 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $642.49 ↓ -87%
IlliniCare Medicare Advantage $642.49 ↓ -87%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $642.49 ↓ -87%
Prevea 360 Medicare Advantage $642.49 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare Advantage $674.61 ↓ -87%
MeridianCare Medicare Advantage $674.61 ↓ -87%
Aspirus PPO $969.45 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial $1,180.20 ↓ -77%
Security Health Plan HMO/POS/SAS $1,264.50 ↓ -75%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $1,284.52 ↓ -75%
Aspirus HMO/POS $1,475.25 ↓ -71%
Mercy Care HMO/POS $1,475.25 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,537.32 ↓ -70%
Quartz HMO $1,781.70 ↓ -65%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Priority/Pathway $1,966.02 ↓ -61%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO/POS/PPO $2,055.81 ↓ -59%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $2,145.92 ↓ -58%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO/POS $2,145.92 ↓ -58%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $2,145.92 ↓ -58%
Prevea 360 Commercial $3,582.75 ↓ -29%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Traditional $4,004.25 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Dean Health Plan Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
GHC - Eau Claire Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
GHC HMO not published by hospital
My Choice Managed Medicaid 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

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Bx soft tiss pelvis/hip deep 27041 at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison not published $1,203.19 – $4,982.00
Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.) Oshkosh $2,645.94 $735.08 – $2,499.98
Ascension NE Wisconsin - St. Elizabeth Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.) Appleton $2,645.94 $735.08 – $2,499.98
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee not published $1,126.13 – $2,733.31
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon not published $1,126.13 – $2,733.31
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $1,104.00 – $16,897.00
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $1,203.19 – $4,867.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $1,247.68 – $4,321.00

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