Chemo ia infusion up to 1 hr 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

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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.

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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.

$136.68 with Prevea 360 vs $586.36 with Medical Associates Health Plan — 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
Prevea 360 Medicare Advantage $136.68
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $136.68
Aspirus Medicare Advantage $136.68
IlliniCare Medicare Advantage $136.68
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $136.68
MeridianCare Medicare Advantage $143.51
Humana Medicare Advantage $143.51
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Priority/Pathway $254.22
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO/POS $300.70
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $300.70
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $300.70
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $318.54
United Healthcare Commercial $333.25
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO/POS/PPO $586.36

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Chemo ia infusion up to 1 hr at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison not published $240.63 – $320.84
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $212.30 not published
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $212.30 $245.03 – $630.55
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $212.30 not published
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee not published $255.14 – $710.36
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon not published $255.14 – $710.36
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $240.63 – $320.84
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $249.53 – $332.70

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