Endo cath panc duct s&i 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

$1,016.04

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.

$1,270.04

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.

$21.61 with United Healthcare vs $1,206.54 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
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $21.61 ↓ -98%
IlliniCare Medicare Advantage $21.61 ↓ -98%
Prevea 360 Medicare Advantage $21.61 ↓ -98%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $21.61 ↓ -98%
Aspirus Medicare Advantage $21.61 ↓ -98%
MeridianCare Medicare Advantage $22.69 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $22.69 ↓ -98%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Priority/Pathway $43.65 ↓ -96%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO/POS $51.43 ↓ -95%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $51.43 ↓ -95%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $51.43 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $69.39 ↓ -93%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO/POS/PPO $71.53 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Commercial $80.38 ↓ -92%
Aspirus PPO $292.11 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial $381.01 ↓ -63%
Security Health Plan HMO/POS/SAS $393.71 ↓ -61%
Quartz HMO $396.25 ↓ -61%
Mercy Care HMO/POS $421.65 ↓ -59%
Aspirus HMO/POS $457.21 ↓ -55%
Prevea 360 Commercial $1,079.53 ↑ +6%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Traditional $1,206.54 ↑ +19%
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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Endo cath panc duct s&i at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $510.40 $538.42 – $538.42
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $563.39 $38.39 – $118.82
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $563.39 $38.39 – $118.82
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $487.85 $513.20 – $513.20
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $276.65 $220.21 – $220.21
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $276.65 $220.21 – $220.21
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $276.65 $220.21 – $220.21
Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.) Oshkosh $200.07 $24.91 – $87.30

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