Excis uppr jaw cyst w/repair 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

$5,788.80

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.

$7,236.00

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.

$1,058.64 with Prevea 360 vs $6,874.20 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 $1,058.64 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,058.64 ↓ -82%
IlliniCare Medicare Advantage $1,058.64 ↓ -82%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $1,058.64 ↓ -82%
Aspirus Medicare Advantage $1,058.64 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,111.57 ↓ -81%
MeridianCare Medicare Advantage $1,111.57 ↓ -81%
Aspirus PPO $1,664.28 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial $2,026.08 ↓ -65%
Security Health Plan HMO/POS/SAS $2,170.80 ↓ -63%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $2,299.61 ↓ -60%
Mercy Care HMO/POS $2,532.60 ↓ -56%
Aspirus HMO/POS $2,532.60 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,684.00 ↓ -54%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Priority/Pathway $3,239.44 ↓ -44%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO/POS/PPO $3,514.68 ↓ -39%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $3,535.86 ↓ -39%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO/POS $3,535.86 ↓ -39%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $3,535.86 ↓ -39%
Prevea 360 Commercial $6,150.60 ↑ +6%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Traditional $6,874.20 ↑ +19%
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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Excis uppr jaw cyst w/repair at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison not published $4,312.59 – $16,624.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee not published $1,851.47 – $4,772.07
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon not published $1,851.47 – $4,772.07
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $2,302.00 – $16,897.00
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $4,312.59 – $14,304.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $4,472.08 – $14,543.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe not published $5,750.12 – $15,012.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon not published $4,428.00 – $16,106.00

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