Exc sq tumor/foot or toe < 1.5 cm 28039 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

$5,329.60

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.

$6,662.00

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.

$312.27 with Prevea 360 vs $1,958.90 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
Prevea 360 Medicare Advantage $312.27 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $312.27 ↓ -94%
IlliniCare Medicare Advantage $312.27 ↓ -94%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $312.27 ↓ -94%
Aspirus Medicare Advantage $312.27 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage $327.88 ↓ -94%
MeridianCare Medicare Advantage $327.88 ↓ -94%
Aspirus PPO $474.26 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial $577.36 ↓ -89%
Security Health Plan HMO/POS/SAS $618.60 ↓ -88%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $672.50 ↓ -87%
Mercy Care HMO/POS $721.70 ↓ -86%
Aspirus HMO/POS $721.70 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Commercial $774.65 ↓ -85%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Priority/Pathway $955.55 ↓ -82%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO/POS/PPO $1,036.74 ↓ -81%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $1,042.98 ↓ -80%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO/POS $1,042.98 ↓ -80%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $1,042.98 ↓ -80%
Prevea 360 Commercial $1,752.70 ↓ -67%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Traditional $1,958.90 ↓ -63%
My Choice Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
GHC - South Central WI Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Quartz HMO not published by hospital —
Dean Health Plan Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield 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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Exc sq tumor/foot or toe < 1.5 cm 28039 at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison not published $2,116.08 – $8,124.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $396.97 $549.47 – $1,989.53
Ascension Calumet Hospital, Inc. Chilton $625.86 $359.45 – $1,166.70
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital OCONTO FALLS $3,305.94 $95.40 – $3,678.14
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee not published $549.47 – $1,989.53
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $2,302.00 – $16,897.00
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $2,116.08 – $11,257.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $2,194.34 – $10,498.00

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