Control of nosebleedantersmpl 30901 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

$448.00

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.

$560.00

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.

$34.50 with Aspirus vs $167.67 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 $34.50 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial $42.00 ↓ -91%
Security Health Plan HMO/POS/SAS $45.00 ↓ -90%
IlliniCare Medicare Advantage $50.20 ↓ -89%
Aspirus Medicare Advantage $50.20 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $50.20 ↓ -89%
Prevea 360 Medicare Advantage $50.20 ↓ -89%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $50.20 ↓ -89%
Mercy Care HMO/POS $52.50 ↓ -88%
Aspirus HMO/POS $52.50 ↓ -88%
MeridianCare Medicare Advantage $52.71 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $52.71 ↓ -88%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $108.83 ↓ -76%
Quartz HMO $119.60 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Commercial $124.80 ↓ -72%
Prevea 360 Commercial $127.50 ↓ -72%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO/POS/PPO $138.00 ↓ -69%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Traditional $142.50 ↓ -68%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Priority/Pathway $153.61 ↓ -66%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $167.67 ↓ -63%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $167.67 ↓ -63%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO/POS $167.67 ↓ -63%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Dean Health Plan Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
GHC - South Central WI Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
GHC HMO 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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Control of nosebleedantersmpl 30901 at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $518.10 $96.93 – $4,198.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $157.94 $88.69 – $565.92
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $157.94 $88.69 – $565.92
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $419.65 $96.93 – $4,401.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $466.95 $100.51 – $4,074.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $248.05 $129.23 – $4,217.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $386.10 $1,887.00 – $2,654.00
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $386.10 $98.70 – $2,334.00

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