Dactinomycin 0.5 mg intravenous solution 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.

$302.92 with IlliniCare vs $1,571.70 with Health Partners Open Network — 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
IlliniCare Medicare Advantage $302.92
Humana Medicare Advantage $302.92
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $302.92
MeridianCare Medicare Advantage $302.92
Aspirus Medicare Advantage $302.92
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $302.92
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $302.92
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO/POS $302.92
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Priority/Pathway $302.92
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $302.92
Prevea 360 Medicare Advantage $302.92
United Healthcare Commercial $397.51
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $1,571.70

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Dactinomycin 0.5 mg intravenous solution at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison not published $230.56 – $600.88
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $2,526.62 $366.77 – $2,040.15
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $1,197.80 $366.77 – $2,040.15
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $230.56 – $600.88
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $230.56 – $600.88
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe not published $288.80 – $786.26
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon not published $317.68 – $884.27
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac not published $230.56 – $884.27

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