Ecmo/ecls initiation artery 33947 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

$9,543.98

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.

$11,929.97

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.

$292.20 with United Healthcare vs $3,722.15 with Quartz — 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
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $292.20 ↓ -97%
IlliniCare Medicare Advantage $292.20 ↓ -97%
Prevea 360 Medicare Advantage $292.20 ↓ -97%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $292.20 ↓ -97%
Aspirus Medicare Advantage $292.20 ↓ -97%
MeridianCare Medicare Advantage $306.81 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $306.81 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $646.32 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Commercial $741.96 ↓ -92%
Aspirus PPO $858.59 ↓ -91%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Priority/Pathway $894.13 ↓ -91%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO/POS/PPO $970.10 ↓ -90%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $975.95 ↓ -90%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO/POS $975.95 ↓ -90%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $975.95 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial $1,045.24 ↓ -89%
Security Health Plan HMO/POS/SAS $1,119.90 ↓ -88%
Aspirus HMO/POS $1,306.55 ↓ -86%
Mercy Care HMO/POS $1,306.55 ↓ -86%
Prevea 360 Commercial $3,173.05 ↓ -67%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Traditional $3,546.35 ↓ -63%
Quartz HMO $3,722.15 ↓ -61%
My Choice 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
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
GHC - South Central WI Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Dean Health Plan Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Ecmo/ecls initiation artery 33947 at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $2,599.85 $4,982.00 – $4,982.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $1,728.65 $3,388.00 – $3,388.00
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $1,728.65 $3,388.00 – $3,388.00
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $1,728.65 $3,388.00 – $3,388.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee not published $516.00 – $1,319.18
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon not published $516.00 – $1,319.18
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $1,549.00 – $16,897.00
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $4,867.00 – $4,867.00

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