Closed carpo/metacarpal fx disl thumb w/manip 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

$3,319.20

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.

$4,149.00

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.

$319.76 with Aspirus vs $1,320.73 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 $319.76 ↓ -90%
Aspirus Medicare Advantage $371.90 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $371.90 ↓ -89%
IlliniCare Medicare Advantage $371.90 ↓ -89%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $371.90 ↓ -89%
Prevea 360 Medicare Advantage $371.90 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare Advantage $390.50 ↓ -88%
MeridianCare Medicare Advantage $390.50 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial $417.07 ↓ -87%
Security Health Plan HMO/POS/SAS $430.97 ↓ -87%
Quartz HMO $433.75 ↓ -87%
Mercy Care HMO/POS $461.56 ↓ -86%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO/POS/PPO $500.49 ↓ -85%
Aspirus HMO/POS $500.49 ↓ -85%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $507.44 ↓ -85%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Priority/Pathway $588.63 ↓ -82%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO/POS $722.37 ↓ -78%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $802.59 ↓ -76%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $802.59 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Commercial $866.50 ↓ -74%
Prevea 360 Commercial $1,181.70 ↓ -64%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Traditional $1,320.73 ↓ -60%
GHC - South Central WI Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
My Choice Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Dean Health Plan Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
GHC HMO not published by hospital —
GHC - Eau Claire Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Closed carpo/metacarpal fx disl thumb w/manip at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $1,217.15 $1,171.42 – $4,982.00
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $1,125.85 $1,171.42 – $4,867.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $1,099.45 $1,214.74 – $4,321.00
HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center GREEN BAY $1,848.66 $203.37 – $3,532.89
HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital SHEBOYGAN $1,848.66 $203.37 – $3,538.22
HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Green Bay $1,848.66 $210.86 – $3,514.26
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee not published $642.06 – $1,689.49
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon not published $642.06 – $1,689.49

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